Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória
Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória (since 1982)is a Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Maringá (Paraná/Brazil) It reaches a 124 m in height. Completed in 1972 as the tallest church in South America.
The Brazilian architect José Augusto Bellucci was inspired by the Soviet sputnik satellites when he designed the cathedral's modernist, conical shape. The design was idealized by the archbishop Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho.
The word poustinik assigns a person dwelling in a poustinia, that is, someone who move away from the material world to be closer to God.
The foundation stone, a piece of marble from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome blessed by Pope Pius XII, was laid on August 15, 1958 in a ceremony lead by Bispo Diocesano, Dom Jaime Luiz Coelho and dom Manuel da Silveira D'Elboux.
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