Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro

The Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro is a Latin Catholic Church located in the comuna of Santiago, in the capital of Chile. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style by the religious architects Gustave Knockaert —known as «Brother Gerardo»— and Huberto Boulangeot. They were members of the Redemptorists. The foundation stone was blessed and laid on 12 December 1904. The ownership of the land to build the church had been transferred from the Ugarte family by public deed on 26 April 1876. Gustave Knockaert (1845-1928), a Belgian priest who previously had designed church buildings for his congregation in Madrid, Paris, Mulhouse and Les Sables-d'Olonne, was appointed to form a team of 15 architects. Among those was Huberto Boulangeot, who was designated as construction manager for the church project. The construction of the church began in 1906, coinciding with the Valparaíso earthquake, which caused plans to be modified for additional structural reinforcement. The church was built with reinforced concrete, planned by the American engineer Juan Tonkin. Another collaborator was the brother Joaquín Chardin, a specialist in cement work, who contributed to the placing of the pointed arches, characteristic elements of the Gothic architecture. He also made the ornamental door of the sacristy, made from encina wood, and the coat of arms of the congregation that was carved

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