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Wolvendaal Church

Wolvendaal Church is located in , a neighbourhood of . It is one of the most important Dutch colonial-era buildings in and is one of the oldest Protestant churches still in use in the country.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Anthony’s Shrine and Red Mosque.

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St. Anthony's Shrine is a Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The church is located at , , 13, and is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua. is situated 620 metres northwest of Wolvendaal Church.

Mosque
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Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque (Sinhala: කොලඹ කොටුව රතු පල්ලිය, romanized: Kolomba Kotuwa Rathu Palliya, Tamil: மஸ்ஜிதுல் ஜாமிஉல் அஃபார் அல்லது சம்மாங்கோடு பள்ளிவாசல், romanized: Sammankodu Pallivasal, is a historic in , . is situated 1 km southwest of Wolvendaal Church.

Church
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in Pettah is a situated in , . It is considered as the first , established in Sri Lanka as well as . is situated 450 metres southwest of Wolvendaal Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colombo and Kotahena.

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is the largest city and commercial capital of , and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.

Suburb
is a suburb of , Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13.

Suburb
is a suburb in , . is also part of an area numbered Colombo 13. The name is of Dutch origin, meaning 'Valley of Flowers'.

Wolvendaal Church

Latitude
6.94204° or 6° 56′ 31″ north
Longitude
79.85903° or 79° 51′ 33″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
6JRXWVR5+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 682652569
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
12036311
Wiki­data ID
Q16736534
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Wolvendaal Church” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “狼谷教堂”
  • Dutch: “Wolvendaalsche kerk”
  • Dutch: “Wolvendaalsche Kerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه ولفندال”
  • French: “Église Wolvendaal”
  • French: “Wolvendaal Church”
  • Hungarian: “wolvendaali templom”
  • Hungarian: “Wolvendaali templom”
  • Spanish: “iglesia Wolvendaal”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Wolvendaal”
  • Western Frisian: “Wolvendaalske tsjerke”

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