Gloria Dei-Old Swedes Church National Historic Site
Gloria Dei Church, known locally as Old Swedes', is a historic church located in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 929 South Water Street, bounded by Christian Street on the north, South Christopher Columbus Boulevard on the east, and Washington Avenue on the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: historic church and graveyard in Philadelphia
- Also known as: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes‘) Church” and “Gloria Dei Church”
Places of Interest
Highlights include USS New Jersey and Independence Hall.
USS New Jersey
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USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey. She was often referred to fondly as "Big J".
Independence Hall
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Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Queen Village and Pennsport.
Queen Village
Neighborhood
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Queen Village is a residential neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that lies along the eastern edge of the city in South Philadelphia.
Pennsport
Neighborhood
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Pennsport is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsport is home to a large working-class Irish American population, many of them descendants of immigrants from the mid to late 19th century.
Little Saigon
Neighborhood
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One of the largest Vietnamese neighborhoods in the United States is Philadelphia's Little Saigon, located in Passyunk Square, a neighborhood in South Philadelphia.
Gloria Dei-Old Swedes Church National Historic Site
- Categories: protected area and church
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gloria Dei-Old Swedes Church National Historic Site” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gloria Dei-Old Swedes Church National Historic Site”
- Chinese: “教堂”
- Chinese: “格洛麗亞·戴伊（老瑞典人）教堂國家歷史遺址”
- Dutch: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes‘) Church”
- Dutch: “Gloria Dei Church”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جلوريا داى”
- Finnish: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes‘) Church”
- Finnish: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church”
- Finnish: “Gloria Dei Church”
- Slovenian: “Gloria Dei Church”
- Slovenian: “Old Swedes‘”
- Swedish: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes‘) church”
- Swedish: “Gloria Dei church”
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