Light Church
Light Church is a church in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate. Light Church is situated nearby to the library Aghadeer, as well as near the shopping center mecca mall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hermal Archaeological Site and Al-Shaheed Monument.
Hermal Archaeological Site
Protected area
Shaduppum, modern Tell Harmal, is an archaeological site in Baghdad Governorate. Nowadays, it lies within the borders of modern Baghdad about 600 meters from the site of Tell Muhammad. Hermal Archaeological Site is situated 1 km southwest of Light Church.
Al-Shaheed Monument
Al-Shaheed Monument, also known as the Martyr's Memorial, is a monument designed by Iraqi sculptor Ismail Fatah al-Turk and situated in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Al-Shaheed Monument is situated 3½ km northwest of Light Church.Tell Muhammad
Archaeological site
Tell Muhammad is an ancient Near East archaeological site currently in the outskirts of Baghdad, along the Tigris River in the Diyala region. It is a very short distance from the site of Tell Harmal to the north and not far from the site of Tell al-Dhiba'i to the northeast. Tell Muhammad is situated 2 km south of Light Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zayouna and New Baghdad.
Zayouna
Suburb
Zayouna is a neighbourhood of east Baghdad, Iraq. It is a mixed-race, upper middle-class area bordering the affluent Karrada suburb. Organisations based in Zayouna include the Iraq Football Association; the "Baghdad Bulletin", Iraq's English-language news magazine; and Tariq bin Ziad High School, featured in British-American-French television documentary film, The Boys from Baghdad High.
New Baghdad
Quarter
New Baghdad or Baghdad Al-Jidida is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. This district has eight Neighborhood Advisory Councils and a District Advisory Council.
Al-Amin al-Thaniyah
Quarter
Al-Amin al-Thaniyah is a neighborhood in New Baghdad, a district on the east side of Baghdad. It was named after the Caliph al-Amin. In 2003, Shiites renamed it to "Al-Murthadha District", after Ali Murthadha, the first Shiite imam. Al-Amin al-Thaniyah is situated 3½ km east of Light Church.
Light Church
- Type: Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.31709° or 33° 19′ 2″ northLongitude
44.47109° or 44° 28′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8H568F8C+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9758887536OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=church
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