It is located right in front of the Cabildo across Constitution Square, in the neighbourhood of Ciudad Vieja.

[1] In 1790, the foundation was laid for the construction of the current neoclassical structure.

The church was consecrated in 1804; it is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and to the patron saints of Montevideo, Philip and James.

On a side altar is venerated an image of the Virgin of the Thirty-Three, patron saint of Uruguay.

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