Church of San Francisco
The Church of San Francisco, located on one side of the Plaza de Armas of Castro, Chile, is the main Catholic church of Chiloé's capital. This 1912 building has a surface area of 1,404 m2, a width of 52 m and a height of 27 m.Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—7:30 PM
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: national monument of Chile
- Also known as: “Church of San Francisco, Castro” and “Iglesia Apóstol Santiago”
- Address: Gamboa, Castro
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Oscarabs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gamboa Airport and Church of Nercón.
Gamboa Airport
Aerodrome
Gamboa Airport is an airport serving Castro, a city on Chiloé Island in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The airport runs along the shoreline just south of Gamboa, and south approach and departures are over the water.
Church of Nercón
Church
Photo: Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Nercón —Spanish: Iglesia de Señora de Gracia de Nercón— is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a Church on the Chiloé Island in Chiloé, Chile. Church of Nercón is situated 3 km southwest of Church of San Francisco.
Museo de Arte Moderno Chiloé
Museum
Photo: Shaktif, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museo de Arte Moderno Chiloé is a museum, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Church of San Francisco.
Church of San Francisco
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Castro, Chiloé Province, Los Lagos, Southern Chile, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-42.48147° or 42° 28′ 53″ southLongitude
-73.76383° or 73° 45′ 50″ westOpen location code
4798G69P+CFOpenStreetMap ID
way 264791850OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q501103
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Church of San Francisco” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة سان فرانثيسكو”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Ֆրանցիսկոսի եկեղեցի (Կաստրո)”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Ֆրանցիսկոսի եկեղեցի”
- Czech: “kostel sv. Františka (Castro)”
- Czech: “kostel svatého Františka (Castro)”
- Czech: “kostel svatého Františka z Assisi”
- Czech: “kostel svatého Františka”
- French: “église Saint-François de Castro”
- French: “Église Saint-François de Castro”
- Persian: “کلیسای سن فرانسیسکو”
- Portuguese: “Igreja São Francisco”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Франциска (Кастро)”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Франциска”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Castro”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Iglesia San Francisco de Castro”
- Spanish: “Iglesia San Francisco”
- Turkish: “San Francisco Kilisesi, Castro”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Франциска (Кастро)”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Франциска”
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