Nyarugenge District
Nyarugenge
Kiyovu

Sainte-Famille Church

Sainte-Famille Church is a Catholic church in Muhima, downtown , in . It is located on a hill, close to the cell of Rugenge. Sainte-Famille Church was the scene of killings during the genocide in April 1994.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: building in Rwanda
  • Address: Rue KN1

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hôtel des Mille Collines and Kigali Green Complex.

Hotel
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The is a large hotel in , . It became famous after 1,268 people took refuge inside the building during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. is situated 330 metres southwest of Sainte-Famille Church.

, is a building under construction in , the capital of and the largest city in that country. With 29 above-ground floors, the skyscraper is expected to be the tallest building in Kigali and Rwanda, at the time of completion. is situated 170 metres southwest of Sainte-Famille Church.

Museum
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The Kandt House Museum, formerly known as the Natural History Museum, is located in what is now the city of , District, westbound. This location was chosen as the colonial capital in Rwanda of Germany in 1907 by a German resident Richard Kandt under the name of Nyarugenge.The name was changed to Kigali in 1908 because it was too difficult for the colonialists to pronounce. is situated 1¼ km west of Sainte-Famille Church.

Sainte-Famille Church

Latitude
-1.94458° or 1° 56′ 41″ south
Longitude
30.06358° or 30° 3′ 49″ east
Levels
1
Open location code
6GCG3347+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106340981
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q3585836
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Russian—“Sainte-Famille Church” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sainte-Famille Church”. Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.