St. Anthony’s Church

St. Anthony’s Church is a church in Kurunduwatta1, Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat, Western Province, which is located on Baseline Road. St. Anthony’s Church is situated near the public building YMBA, as well as near Mendis Aurvedic Hospital.

Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Address: Baseline Road, Borella

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Colombo National Museum and Kanatte Cemetery.

Colombo National Museum

Museum

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The Colombo National Museum, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum, is a museum in Colombo and the largest in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1877 and maintained by the Department of National Museums, it holds collections of significant importance to Sri Lanka, such as the regalia of the Kandyan monarchs, as well as many other exhibits relating the country's cultural and natural heritage. Colombo National Museum is situated 2 km west of St. Anthony’s Church.

Kanatte Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: damithaktennakoon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kanatte Cemetery, also known locally as Borella Cemetery, is the main burial ground and crematorium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is located at the intersection of Elvitigala Mawatha, Bauddhaloka Mawatha and D. Kanatte Cemetery is situated 500 metres southeast of St. Anthony’s Church.

D. S. Senanayake College

School

D. S. Senanayake College is a boys' primary and secondary national school in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It was established on 10 February 1967 with R. D. S. Senanayake College is situated 490 metres southwest of St. Anthony’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rajagiriya and Nawala.

Rajagiriya

Suburb

Rajagiriya is a part of the Sri Lanka's administrative capital of Sri Jayawardenapura. A fairly large suburb bordering Colombo, Rajagiriya lies between Borella and Ethul Kotte, straddling Parliament Road.

Nawala

Village

Photo: Honeplus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nawala is an up-market residential suburb of Colombo, within the Kotte municipality in the western province of Sri Lanka, and is approximately 6 km south of Colombo City.

Slave Island

Village

Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.

Slave Island, officially known as Kompanna Vidiya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort. Slave Island is situated 3½ km northwest of St. Anthony’s Church.

St. Anthony’s Church

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Kurunduwatta1, Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.9123° or 6° 54′ 44″ north

Longitude

79.87732° or 79° 52′ 38″ east

Open location code

6JRXWV6G+WW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4192037133

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

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Highlights: YMBA and Mendis Aurvedic Hospital.

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