Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross
Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church in El Escorial, Madrid, Community of Madrid and has an elevation of 1,261 metres. Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross is situated near the peak Cerro de la Carrasqueta, as well as near Mount Abantos.
- Roman Catholic church
- …lies at an elevation of 1,261 metres (4,137 feet)
- Description: minor basilica in Spain
- Also known as“Basilica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caidos”“Basilica of the Holy Cross”“Basilica of Valle de los Caídos”“Basílica Pontificia de Santa Cruz”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cerro de la Carrasqueta and Mount Abantos.
Mount Abantos
Peak
Mount Abantos is a mountain in the… Mount Abantos is situated 3 km south of Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peguerinos and El Escorial.
Peguerinos
Village
Peguerinos is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. Peguerinos is situated 7 km west of Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross.
El Escorial
Town
El Escorial is a municipality in the… El Escorial is situated 7 km south of Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross.
Guadarrama Pass
Locality
The Guadarrama Pass, also known as Alto del León, is a mountain pass in Spain. Guadarrama Pass is situated 8 km north of Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross.
Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross
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Latitude
40.64182° or 40° 38′ 31″ north
Longitude
-4.15414° or 4° 9′ 15″ west
Open location code
8CGQJRRW+P8
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Pontifical Basilica of the Holy Cross” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة الصليب المقدس البابوية”
- Aragonese: “Basílica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos”
- Aragonese: “Basílica Pontificia de la Santa Cruz”
- Basque: “Gurutze Santuaren basilika pontifikala”
- Belarusian: “базыліка Сьвятога Крыжа”
- Belarusian: “Папская базыліка Сьвятога Крыжа”
- Catalan: “Basílica Pontifícia de la Santa Creu”
- Cebuano: “Pontifical Basilica sa Holy Cross”
- Danish: “Basilika af det hellige kors”
- Dutch: “Pauselijke basiliek van het Heilige Kruis”
- French: “basilique de la Sainte-Croix de la vallée de los Caídos”
- French: “Basilique de la Sainte-Croix de la vallée de los Caídos”
- French: “basilique pontificale de la Sainte-Croix”
- Galician: “Basílica pontificia da Santa Cruz”
- German: “Päpstliche Basilika des Heiligen Kreuzes”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Salib Kudus, Valle de los Caídos”
- Italian: “basilica pontificia della Santa Croce”
- Latin: “Pontificalis basilica Sanctae Crucis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Basílica Pontificia de la Santa Cruz”
- Polish: “Papieska Bazylika Świętego Krzyża”
- Portuguese: “Basílica Pontifícia da Santa Cruz”
- Russian: “базилика Святого Креста”
- Spanish: “Basílica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos”
- Spanish: “Basílica de la Santa Cruz”
- Spanish: “Basílica de Santa Cruz”
- Spanish: “Basílica del Valle de los Caídos”
- Spanish: “basílica del Valle”
- Spanish: “Basílica Pontificia de la Santa Cruz”
- Spanish: “Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos”
- Spanish: “Santa Cruz del Valle”
- Spanish: “Valle de los Caídos”
- Swedish: “Heliga Korsets pontifika basilikan”
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