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Our Lady of the Rosary of Isfahan (New Julfa)
In the Armenian district of Nueva Julfa, in Isfahan, Iran, the church of Our Lady of the Rosary, founded by the Italian Dominicans in 1681, rises. It is the main Latin Catholic temple of the city and monument of Iranian national heritage.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The Dominicans arrived in New Julfa in 1657, assisted by Catholic Armenians, and dedicated the church to the Virgin under the title of the Rosary.
- It was reconstructed and expanded in 1705, with the architectural style safávida proper to Isfahan.
- Since 1903 it was attended by the French Lazarist parents, who raised a school by the temple.
- After years of abandonment, it was completely restored in 2005: a testimony of more than three centuries of Catholic presence in Persia.
Our Lady of the Rosary (New Julfa, Isfahan)
Today it is one of the very few Catholic temples preserved in Iran, neighbouring the famous Armenian churches of the neighborhood. His history intertwines the Dominican faith of the Rosary with the Armenian community that guarded it.
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