Cathedral of Saint Vibiana
Los Angeles, United States
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Located in Downtown Los Angeles, the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana opened in 1876 as the cathedral for the Diocese of Monterey–Los Angeles, designed by architect Ezra F. Kysor in the Italianate style. Named for a third-century saint, it served as the official cathedral of the Los Angeles archdiocese for over a century before suffering severe damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. A protracted dispute between church authorities and preservationists over its fate ended in 1996 with a compromise: the archdiocese acquired a new site and the building passed to the City of Los Angeles. After the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was dedicated in 2002 as its replacement, the original structure was repurposed as an events venue called Vibiana, now sharing its site with the Little Tokyo branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. The 1876 cathedral remains one of the last surviving buildings from early Los Angeles.
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