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La Merced Church

church in Antigua Guatemala
Church church_building Q6446470
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Summary

La Merced Church is a church building[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • La Merced Church's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • La Merced Church is located in Antigua Guatemala[4].
  • La Merced Church is in the country of Guatemala[5].
  • La Merced Church's instance of is recorded as church building[6].
  • La Merced Church's architectural style is recorded as baroque architecture[7].
  • La Merced Church is part of Antigua Guatemala[8].
  • La Merced Church's Commons category is recorded as Iglesia de La Merced (Antigua Guatemala)[9].
  • 1767 marks the founding of La Merced Church[10].
  • La Merced Church's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 14.561671, 'lon': -90.734347}[11].
  • La Merced Church's diocese is recorded as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala[12].
  • La Merced Church's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[13].

Body

Geography

La Merced Church is in the country of Guatemala[5]. It is located in Antigua Guatemala[4]. It is part of Antigua Guatemala[8].

Designation and Status

La Merced Church's instance of is recorded as church building[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[13]. Its religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

1767 marks the founding of La Merced Church[10].

Why It Matters

La Merced Church ranks in the top 2% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Antigua Guatemala Guatemala

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Antigua Guatemala
    Diocese → Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 14.561671, 'lon': -90.734347}
    Sitelink count → 8
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||fr, sl */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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