Our Lady of the Rocks

Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islets off the coast of in the , . It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Gospa od Sjkrpjela”, “Gospa od Skrpjela”, “Isla de Nuestra Senora de las Rocas”, “Isla de Nuestra Señora de las Rocas”, “Nuestra Senora de las Rocas”, “Onze vrouwe van de Rotsen”, “Onze Vrouwe van de Rotsen”, and “Госпа од шкрпјела”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Saint George and St. Nicholas Church.

Islet
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Sveti Đorđe Island is one of the two islets off the coast of in the , . is situated 200 metres southeast of Our Lady of the Rocks.

Church
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is situated 1 km east of Our Lady of the Rocks.

Hotel
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is a hotel, which is situated 710 metres east of Our Lady of the Rocks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perast and Kostanjica.

Photo: Gertjan R., CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small city in .

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , .

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , .

Our Lady of the Rocks

Latitude
42.4867° or 42° 29′ 12″ north
Longitude
18.68873° or 18° 41′ 19″ east
Established
1630
Open location code
8FJWFMPQ+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176180433
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1538617
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Our Lady of the Rocks” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سيدة الصخور”
  • Catalan: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Cebuano: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Chinese: “聖母岩”
  • Croatian: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Czech: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Dutch: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Estonian: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • French: “Église Notre-Dame-des-rochers”
  • French: “Îlot Notre-Dame-du-Rocher”
  • French: “Notre-Dame-des-Rochers”
  • German: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • German: “Maria vom Felsen”
  • German: “Muttergottes von Škrpjela”
  • Greek: “Η Παναγία των Βράχων”
  • Greek: “Παναγία των Βράχων”
  • Italian: “Madonna dello Scalpello”
  • Italian: “Madonna dello Scarpello”
  • Japanese: “岩礁の聖母島”
  • Japanese: “岩礁の聖母教会”
  • Korean: “바위의 성모”
  • Lithuanian: “Gospa od Škrpela”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Polish: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Portuguese: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Portuguese: “Nossa Senhora das Rochas”
  • Russian: “Госпа од Шкрпела”
  • Russian: “Госпа-од-Шкрпьела”
  • Russian: “Остров Госпа од Шкрпела”
  • Serbian: “Госпа од Шкрпјела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Slovenian: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Spanish: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Spanish: “Nuestra Señora de las Rocas”
  • Swedish: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Ukrainian: “Богородиця на Скелі”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Gospa od Škrpjela”
  • Western Frisian: “Gospa od Škrpjela”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Island Our Lady of the Rocks and Our Lady of the Rocks.

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