St. Lucia’s Cathedral

St. Lucia's Cathedral, Sinhala: කොටහේන ශාන්ත ලුසියා ආසන දෙව්මැදුර Kothahena Santha Lusiya Asana Dewumædura) is the seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo in .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Also known as: “Catedral de Santa Lucia”, “St. Lucia Church”, “புனித லூசியா தலைமைக் கோயில், கொழும்பு”, “科伦坡大教堂”, “科倫坡大教堂”, and “聖路濟亞主教座堂”
  • Address: St Benadicts Street, Kotahena

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sugathadasa Stadium and Good Shepherd Convent.

Stadium
Photo: Vishmika dilshan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , . is situated 480 metres east of St. Lucia’s Cathedral.

School
, Colombo is a semi-government… is situated 220 metres northwest of St. Lucia’s Cathedral.

Stadium
Photo: Catalyst.saitm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium… is situated 1¼ km southeast of St. Lucia’s Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bloemendhal and Kotahena.

Suburb
is a suburb in , .

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

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest city and commercial capital…

St. Lucia’s Cathedral

Latitude
6.94812° or 6° 56′ 53″ north
Longitude
79.86452° or 79° 51′ 52″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
node 4304782810
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q4426067
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tamil—“St. Lucia’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣卢西亚大教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖露西亞大教堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه سانت لوسيا”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Kolombo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Lucias katedral”
  • Norwegian: “St. Lucias katedral”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Łucji w Kolombo”
  • Polish: “Katedra Świętej Łucji”
  • Russian: “Собор святой Люции (Коломбо)”
  • Russian: “Собор Святой Люции”
  • Sinhala: “කොටහේන ශාන්ත ලුසියා ආසන දෙව්මැදුර”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Lucía”
  • Tagalog: “Katedral ng Sta. Lucia”
  • Tamil: “punitha lucias kovil kotahena”
  • Tamil: “புனித லூசியா பேராலயம்”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St James Church and Mariamman Kovil.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: St. Benedict Primery School and St. Lucia Maha Vidyalaya.

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