Sand-Covered Church

The Sand-Covered Church is the name given to a late 14th-century church dedicated to Saint Lawrence of Rome. It was a brick church of considerable size, located 2 kilometres southwest of the town centre of , .
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • …is named after Lawrence of Rome
  • Description: church in Skagen, Denmark
  • Also known as
    “Sankt Laurentii Kirke”
    “The Sand-Covered Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Skagen Town and Regional Museum and Drachmanns Hus.
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Museum
is a private museum in in the far north of , Denmark. is situated 1½ km east of Sand-Covered Church.
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Museum
Drachmann's House, also known as Villa Pax, is one of the major houses of , northern . is situated 1½ km east of Sand-Covered Church.
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is situated 1½ km east of Sand-Covered Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skagen and Grenen.
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is a town in .
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Locality
is a long sandbar spit at , northeast of the town of . is situated 7 km northeast of Sand-Covered Church.
Hamlet
is a settlement and area of moorland and grey… is situated 8 km southwest of Sand-Covered Church.

Sand-Covered Church

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Latitude
57.71362° or 57° 42′ 49″ north
Longitude
10.55056° or 10° 33′ 2″ east
Open location code
9F9GPH72+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81645066
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8521474
Wiki­data ID
Q1466219

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Sand-Covered Church” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “被掩埋的教堂”
  • Danish: “Den Tilsandede Kirke”
  • Danish: “Sct. Laurentii Kirke”
  • Danish: “Skagen gamle kirkeruin”
  • Danish: “Skagens tilsandede kirke”
  • Dutch: “Den tilsandede kirke”
  • French: “Église ensablée de Skagen”
  • French: “L’église ensablée”
  • German: “Den Tilsandede Kirke”
  • German: “Die versandete Kirche”
  • German: “Tilsandede Kirke”
  • German: “Versandete Kirche”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה מכוסת החול”
  • Italian: “Chiesa insabbiata”
  • Japanese: “デン・ティルサンデーデ教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den tilsandede kirke”
  • Norwegian: “Den tilsandede kirke”
  • Polish: “Kościół pod piaskiem”
  • Spanish: “Antigua iglesia de Skagen”
  • Swedish: “Den Tilsandede Kirke”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Laurentii kyrka, Skagen”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Phủ cát”

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