West Africa
Togo
Maritime Region

Lomé Cathedral

The Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lomé, one of the seven Catholic church districts of . Built in just over a year by the German colonial authorities, it quickly became one of the iconic buildings of the new capital of Togo.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: cathedral
  • Also known as: “Cathédrale du Sacré Cœur”, “Sacred Heart Cathedral”, and “Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lomé”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Togo National Museum and Independence Monument.

Museum
is the national of , located in the capital of . Founded in 1975, it features cultural and historical exhibits. The museum showcases artifacts dating back thousands of years, including musical instruments such as the xalam… is situated 1¼ km northwest of Lomé Cathedral.

Monument
Photo: twohundred 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The in , the capital of , was built as a tribute to the country's independence from on 27 April 1960. It features a white bust of a woman holding up a cooking pot, in front of a silhouette of a figure holding up their arms as if they were breaking chains that shackled them together. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Lomé Cathedral.

School
Photo: Saliousoft, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a general education institution located in the N'Kafu district, Golfe 2 municipality, City of , . is situated 3 km north of Lomé Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lomé and Aflao.

Photo: Dominik Schwarz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of . With a population of almost 2.2 million, the city is the economic and cultural center of the country. Around a quarter of the country's population lives here.

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is a coastal town in bordering . While east of the Togolese side of the border the city is the capital, Lome, the once-called "Pearl of West Africa", the Ghanaian town is a typical African border town built solely to service the movement of people and goods.

Town
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is a small town which is the capital of Ketu South Municipal, a district on the south-eastern corner of the of , next to the border town with . is situated 9 km west of Lomé Cathedral.

Lomé Cathedral

Latitude
6.12493° or 6° 7′ 30″ north
Longitude
1.22639° or 1° 13′ 35″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6FR346FG+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 49711568
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
11809773
Wiki­data ID
Q766138
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Spanish—“Lomé Cathedral” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lomé Cathedral”. Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.