Tethyan Trench Tethyan Trench The Tethyan Trench was an ancient oceanic trench that existed in the northern part of the Tethys Ocean during the middle Mesozoic to early Cenozoic eras. The Tethyan Trench formed when the Cimmerian Plate was subducting under eastern Laurasia, around 200 million years ago, in the Early Jurassic. The Tethyan Trench extended at its greatest during Late Cretaceous to Paleocene, from what is now Greece to the Western Pacific Ocean. Subduction at the Tethyan Trench probably caused the continents Africa and India to move towards Eurasia, which resulted in the opening of the Indian Ocean. When the Arabian
St. Anthony Cathedral, Diamantina Instead, the current cathedral was built, whose works were completed in 1940. The design of the current temple is attributed to Joseph Wasth Rodrigues. St. Anthony Cathedral, Diamantina The St. Anthony Cathedral () Also Diamantina Cathedral It is a Catholic church located in the city of Diamantina, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is the headquarters of the Archdiocese of Diamantina and is dedicated to Saint Anthony. In the place where the cathedral is located was the former Main Church of St. Anthony, built in the eighteenth century. With the creation of the Diocese of Diamantina in 1854,