Notre Dame Cathedral
Notre Dame Cathedral is a 20th-century church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Taiohae or Tefenuaenata. It is located in the Meau Valley near the capital centre on the island of Nuku Hiva.Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church on the island of Nuku Hiva
- Also known as: “Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Madison, Nuku Hiva and Hatihe’u.
Fort Madison, Nuku Hiva
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Madison, on Nuku Hiva at Taioha'e Bay, was the first naval base of the United States in the Pacific Ocean. It was built by Commodore David Porter in October and November 1813, during the Nuku Hiva Campaign of the War of 1812, for protecting the settlement of Madisonville from British and Marquesan attacks.
Hatihe’u
Village
Hatihe'u is a village in Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas Islands. It lies on the bay of the same name and is also the name of an "amphitheater-shaped valley on the northeast side of the island". Hatihe’u is situated 9 km north of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Notre Dame Cathedral
- Categories: cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nuku-Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-8.91025° or 8° 54′ 37″ southLongitude
-140.10299° or 140° 6′ 11″ westOpen location code
633X3VQW+VROpenStreetMap ID
way 1471842740OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q951277
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Notre Dame Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Notre Dame Cathedral”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه نوتردام”
- French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame de Taiohae”
- French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Taiohae”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Taiohae”
- Italian: “cattedrale di Nostra Signora delle Isole Marchesi”
- Italian: “cattedrale di Nostra Signora”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di Nostra Signora”
- Spanish: “catedral de Nuestra Señora de Taiohae”
- Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora”
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