Cathedral Church of St Machar

St Machar's Cathedral is a Church of Scotland church in , , located to the north of the city centre, in the former burgh of .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Church of Scotland
  • Description: church in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Oldmachar cemetery”, “St Machar’s Cathedral”, “St Machar’s Cathedral And Churchyard, The Chanonry, Aberdeen”, “St Machar’s Cathedral and graveyard”, “St Machars Cathedral”, and “St. Machar’s Cathedral”
  • Address: The Chanonry, Aberdeen, AB24 1RQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include King’s Museum and Seaton Park.

Museum
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King's Museum was a small university museum operated by the University of Aberdeen and located in the Old Town House in , Scotland. is situated 970 feet south of Cathedral Church of St Machar.

Park
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is a public park in the area of , Scotland. One of the city's biggest parks, it was bought by the city for use as a public park in 1947 from Major Malcolm Vivian Hay, a cryptographer during the First World War and a historian of Catholic and Jewish history. is situated 1,500 feet north of Cathedral Church of St Machar.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 850 feet west of Cathedral Church of St Machar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Aberdeen and Hillhead Student Village.

Suburb
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is part of in . was originally a separate burgh, which was erected into a burgh of barony on 26 December 1489.

Neighborhood
is a group of buildings that provide accommodation for students at the University of Aberdeen.

Suburb
is an area of , Scotland. Lying north of the city centre and slightly north-west of , it is roughly bounded by the River Don, St Machar Drive, and the main Aberdeen-Inverness railway line.

Cathedral Church of St Machar

Latitude
57.16978° or 57° 10′ 11″ north
Longitude
-2.10237° or 2° 6′ 9″ west
Inception
1131
Open location code
9C9V5V9X+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 128914739
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q2380110
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Cathedral Church of St Machar” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Machar katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор Святога Махара”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Sant Macari”
  • Catalan: “St. Machar, catedral i cementiri”
  • Chinese: “聖查爾大教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖馬查爾大教堂”
  • Dutch: “St Machar’s Cathedral”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس مشار”
  • French: “Cathedrale Saint-Machar d’Aberdeen”
  • French: “cathédrale Saint-Machar d’Aberdeen”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Machar d’Aberdeen”
  • French: “La Cathédrale de Saint Machar”
  • German: “Die St. Machar Kathedrale”
  • German: “St Machar’s Cathedral”
  • German: “St Machar’s”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת סנט מאצ’ר”
  • Hungarian: “St. Machar Katedrális”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di S. Machar”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di San Macario”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di San Macario”
  • Latvian: “Aberdīnas katedrāle”
  • Lithuanian: “Šv. Machar Katedra”
  • Norwegian: “Katedralen i St Machar”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Machara w Aberdeen”
  • Polish: “Kościół Katedralny Św. Machara”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Махара”
  • Scots: “St Machar Cathedral”
  • Scots: “St Machar’s Cathedral”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia-Catedral de San Machar”
  • Swedish: “Katedralkyrkan St Machar”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Machars katedral”
  • Swedish: “St Marchar’s katedral”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Святого Махара”

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