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The Caracas Venezuela Temple is the 96th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In 1995, LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced plans to construct an LDS temple in Venezuela. Immediately following that announcement, a search was conducted to find a suitable site on which to build. Several properties were considered over the next eighteen months but none was chosen. It was finally decided the temple would be built in the city of Caracas on land that the church already owned.〔"Choosing the Land", by Flora Ruscitti 〕 The groundbreaking of the Caracas Venezuela Temple took place in 1999. Unexpected obstacles occurred during the construction of the temple. When digging the foundation, excavators discovered an underground spring. Once the water was diverted, the excavation continued. However, the digging caused two major landslides. The first landslide did not cause any damage, but the second did. Eight tons of earth and materials were shifted in the slide. Despite these setbacks, the work was completed in just over a year and a half. When Hinckley dedicated the temple on August 20, 2000, nearly six thousand members of the LDS Church were in attendance. The Caracas Venezuela Temple has a total of , two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms. ==See also== * Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region * Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints) * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Venezuela 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caracas Venezuela Temple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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