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 , , 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.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: historic church and graveyard in Philadelphia
  • Also known as: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes‘) Church”, “Gloria Dei Church”, “Old Swedes‘”, and “格洛麗亞·戴伊（老瑞典人）教堂國家歷史遺址”

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Gloria Dei-Old Swedes Church National Historic Site

Latitude
39.934° or 39° 56′ 2″ north
Longitude
-75.14407° or 75° 8′ 39″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87F6WVM4+H9
Geo­Names ID
4558257
Wiki­data ID
Q4352333
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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”
  • Dutch: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes‘) Church”
  • Dutch: “Gloria Dei Church”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جلوريا داى”
  • Finnish: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church”
  • Finnish: “Gloria Dei Church”
  • Slovenian: “Gloria Dei Church”
  • Swedish: “Gloria Dei (Old Swedes‘) church”
  • Swedish: “Gloria Dei church”

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