Canton of St. Gallen
St. Gallen
Saint Gallen

St. Gallen Cathedral

The Stiftskirche St. Gallus und Otmar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of , . Once part of the Abbey of St. Gall, it has been the cathedral of the Diocese of St.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church building in the city of St. Gall, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Cathedral”, “Dom Sankt Gallen”, “Kathedrale Sankt Gallen”, “Sankt Gallus und Otmar”, and “Stiftskirche Sankt Gallen”
  • Address: 4, Klosterhof, St.Gallen, 9000
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey of Saint Gall and Abbey Library.

Monastery
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The is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of in . The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage.

Museum
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The of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in , Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe".

School
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is a school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Georgen and Riethüsli.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km east of St. Gallen Cathedral.

St. Gallen Cathedral

Latitude
47.42315° or 47° 25′ 23″ north
Longitude
9.37674° or 9° 22′ 36″ east
Elevation
685 metres (2,247 feet)
Height
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
8FVFC9FG+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 131605938
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­unesco_world_heritage
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10227505
Wiki­data ID
Q144945
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Frisian—“St. Gallen Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Sankt Gallen”
  • Chinese: “聖加侖主教座堂”
  • Czech: “Katedrála svatého Havla a Otmara”
  • Dutch: “St. Gallen Cathedral”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سانت جالن”
  • French: “abbatiale de Saint-Gall”
  • French: “Abbatiale de Saint-Gall”
  • German: “Stiftskirche St. Gallen”
  • German: “Stiftskirche”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Sankt Gallen”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di San Gallo”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di San Gallo”
  • Italian: “Stiftskirche St. Gallen”
  • Polish: “Katedra Sankt Gallen”
  • Slovenian: “Samostanska cerkev St. Gallen”
  • Slovenian: “samostanska cerkev v St. Gallenu”
  • Spanish: “Abacial de San Galo”
  • Spanish: “Catedral abacial de San Galo”
  • Swedish: “Klosterkyrkan i Sankt Gallen”
  • Western Frisian: “Stiftskirche St. Gallus und Otmar”

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