Our Lady of the Marquesas (Taiohae)

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Nuestra Señora de las Marquesas (Taiohae)
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Origin and history

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Marquesas, in Taiohae (Nuku Hiva), is the seat of the diocese of the Marquesas, of a Catholic majority. Built between 1973 and 1977, it houses a Via Cruces carved in takamaka trunks for ten years by artist Damien Faturau.

Party and devotion

Marian Cathedral of the Marquesas Archipelago. Devotion is a sign of identity of your community.

Link to the Rosary

In the most remote islands of the Pacific, where faith often arrived by sea, the Rosary remains the simple prayer that unites every heart with Mary, from island to island and from generation to generation.

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