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: “St. Lucia Church”
  • Address: St Benadicts Street, Kotahena

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sugathadasa Stadium and Good Shepherd Convent.

Stadium
Photo: Vishmika dilshan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used for football, rugby union, and athletics. The stadium holds 25,000 people and has an on-site hotel. is situated 480 metres east of St. Lucia’s Cathedral.

School
, Colombo is a semi-government fee-levying Catholic girls' school and the first Catholic convent in . , Kotahena is a leading Catholic girls' school in Colombo, . is situated 220 metres northwest of St. Lucia’s Cathedral.

Stadium
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The R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium on Khettarama Road, in the suburb of , Sri Lanka. The stadium was, before June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues where the cricket team play, having hosted more than 150 one-day international matches. 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 , . is also part of an area numbered Colombo 13. The name is of Dutch origin, meaning 'Valley of Flowers'.

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

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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.

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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Wiki­data ID
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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: “科伦坡大教堂”
  • Chinese: “科倫坡大教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖路濟亞主教座堂”
  • 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 Lucia”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Lucía”
  • Tagalog: “Katedral ng Sta. Lucia”
  • Tamil: “punitha lucias kovil kotahena”
  • Tamil: “புனித லூசியா தலைமைக் கோயில், கொழும்பு”
  • Tamil: “புனித லூசியா பேராலயம்”

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Highlights include St James Church and Mariamman Kovil.

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