Faroe Islands
Streymoy
Tórshavn Municipality

St Mary’s Catholic Church

The St. Mary's Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church located in Mariugøta 4 in the city of , the capital of the , in the Diocese of Copenhagen.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in the Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: “St. Mary’s Church, Tórshavn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Gallery of the Faroe Islands and Tórsvøllur.

Museum
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Listasavn Føroya is an art museum in , for mostly permanent exhibits of Faroese arts. Established in 1989, it consists of a gallery called Listaskáli and another for historic arts with an area of 1,600 m2. is situated 380 metres north of St Mary’s Catholic Church.

Pitch
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is a football stadium on the sport site of in , the capital of the . The holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surface on which international football matches could be played.

Pitch
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Gundadalur is a sports complex in , . It is home to three different football pitches and other sports facilities. The largest one is the national , a multi-use stadium. is situated 540 metres north of St Mary’s Catholic Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tórshavn and Tinganes.

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is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

Quarter
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is the historic location of the landsstýri, and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.

Village
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Tórshavn is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

St Mary’s Catholic Church

Latitude
62.01438° or 62° 0′ 52″ north
Longitude
-6.77978° or 6° 46′ 47″ west
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
9CJM267C+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 466897153
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Geo­Names ID
11821688
Wiki­data ID
Q938587
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“St Mary’s Catholic Church” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Església de Santa Maria de Tórshavn”
  • Danish: “Mariukirkjan”
  • Dutch: “Chiesa di Santa Maria”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت مارى”
  • Faroese: “Mariukirkjan”
  • Hungarian: “Mariukirkjan”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santa Maria, Tórshavn”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mariukirkjan”
  • Norwegian: “Mariukirkjan”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Santa Maria”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Santa Maria”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Santa María”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santa María”

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