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    Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

    Porto Alegre Brazil Temple

    Rua General Salvador Pinheiro, 50
    Vila Jardim
    Porto Alegre - RS
    91320-240
    Brazil

    Plans to construct the temple were announced 30 September 1997, Church leaders broke ground 2 May 1998, and Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2008, dedicated the Porto Alegre Brazil Temple 17 December 2000. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in southern Brazil.

       
    Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference. © 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 / 2
         
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      The 10,700-square-foot temple’s exterior is cotton white granite from Ceara State of Brazil.

      Currently, there are more than 20 temples in various stages of construction or have been announced throughout the world.

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