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Montevideo Uruguay Temple: Facts and figures

Location: Avenida San Carlos de Bolivar, esq. Calle Bolonia esq. Horacio Quiroga, Carrazco, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Temple presidency: Joseph K. Brooks, president; Hugo P. Martinez A. and Daniel Aguiler M., counselors.

Rooms: Celestial Room, two sealing rooms, two endowment rooms and baptistry.

Exterior: Asa branca granite

Size: 12,100 square feet.

Architect: Eduardo Signorelli

Contractor: Maranges Brothers

District: Uruguay

Pertinent facts: Announced Nov. 2, 1998; groundbreaking April 27, 1999; open house Feb. 28-March 10, attended by 24,801 people. Dedicated March 18, 2001, by President Gordon B. Hinckley, with 7,655 people attending four sessions.

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