Our Lady of Mount Carmel (West Church
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, more often colloquially referred to as Xizhimen Church, is a Roman Catholic church located on the southern side at No. 130 of Xizhimen Neidajie in Beijing. It is commonly referred to as Xitang to the locals.Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Presbyterian
- Description: church building in Beijing, China
- Also known as: “Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel” and “Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Beijing”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Xinjiekou and Deshengmen Tower.
Xinjiekou
Metro station
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Xinjie Kou station is a station on Line 4 of the Beijing Subway. Xinjiekou is situated 160 metres northeast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (West Church.
Deshengmen Tower
Castle
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Deshengmen is a city gate that was once part of Beijing's northern city wall. It is one of Beijing's few preserved city gates and now stands as a landmark on the northern 2nd Ring Road. Deshengmen Tower is situated 1½ km northeast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (West Church.
Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
Hospital
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Beijing Jishuitan Hospital is a large public teaching hospital in Beijing, focusing mainly on orthopaedics and burn surgery. Founded in 1956, the hospital now has around 1000 beds. Beijing Jishuitan Hospital is situated 1 km northeast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (West Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xinjiekou and Beitaipingzhuang.
Xinjiekou
Suburb
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Xinjiekou is a subdistrict of Xicheng District of Beijing, China. As of 2020, the subdistrict has a total population of 84,866. The subdistrict got its name from a section of road on the eastern portion of Xizhimennei Avenue, which used to be a river port but underwent land reclamation in 1438.
Beitaipingzhuang
Suburb
Beitaipingzhuang Subdistrict is a subdistrict located in Haidian District, Beijing, China. It borders Huayuanlu Subdistrict to the northeast, Desheng Subdistrict to the east, Zhanlanlu and Xinjiekou Subdistricts to the south, Zhongguancun and Beixiaguan Subdistricts to the west.
Shichahai
Suburb
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (West Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
39.93853° or 39° 56′ 19″ northLongitude
116.35977° or 116° 21′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8PFRW9Q5+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 170431450OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=presbyterianWikidata ID
Q2601521
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Our Lady of Mount Carmel (West Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西堂”
- Chinese: “西直門天主堂”
- Chinese: “西直门天主党 (西堂)”
- Chinese: “西直门天主堂”
- Chinese: “西直门教堂”
- Dutch: “Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سيده جبل الكرمل”
- Esperanto: “preĝejo de Nia Sinjorino de Monto Karmel”
- Esperanto: “Preĝejo de Nia Sinjorino de Monto Karmel”
- French: “église Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel de Pékin”
- French: “Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel de Pékin”
- French: “Notre Dame du Mont Carmel (Eglise Ouest”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Bunda Maria dari Gunung Karmel, Beijing”
- Italian: “chiesa di Xitang”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Xitang”
- Italian: “Nostra Signora del Monte Carmelo (Chiesa dell’Ovest)”
- Korean: “시즈먼 천주당”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vår Frue av de syv smerter”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vår Frue av Karmelfjellet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Xitang-kirken i Beijing”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Xitang-kirken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Xitangkirken i Beijing”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Xitangkirken”
- Norwegian: “Xitang-kirken i Beijing”
- Polish: “Kościół Xizhimen”
- Russian: “Церковь Пресвятой Девы Марии с горы Кармель”
- Spanish: “iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo”
- Urdu: “چرچ آف آور لیڈی آف ماؤنٹ کارمل، بیجنگ”
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