Cathedral of the Assumption
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Cittadella of Victoria in Gozo, Malta. The cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, and has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo since the formation of the diocese in 1864.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Gozo, Malta
- Also known as: “Cathedral of the Assumption of the Madonna”, “Cathedral of the Assumption, Gozo”, “Gozo Cathedral”, and “Saint Mary’s Cathedral”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gozo Museum of Archaeology and Historic House.
Gozo Museum of Archaeology
Museum
Historic House
Museum
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gran Castello Historic House, formerly known as the Folklore Museum, is a historic house museum dedicated to Gozitan folklore in Victoria, Gozo, Malta.
Old Prison
Museum
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Prison is located in the Citadella of Victoria, Gozo, adjacent to the Courts of Justice to which it was originally connected. Today, the prison complex is divided into two different buildings: the entrance hall, which had been a common cell in the 19th century, and a free-standing block with six individual cells.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fontana and Kerċem.
Fontana
Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontana, as a local council, is an administrative unit of Malta, on the island of Gozo, with a population of 985 people.
Kerċem
Village
Photo: Sudika, Public domain.
Ta' Kerċem is a village in Malta, in the island of Gozo, with a population of 1,938 people as of March 2014. Ta' Kerċem evolved into a village community around chapel dedicated to Pope Gregory the Great built around 1581 and replaced in 1851 by a church which was enlarged to its present state between 1906 and 1910.
Munxar
Village
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Munxar is an administrative unit of Malta, which lies on the southern side of the island of Gozo. As of March 2014, its population was 1,454 people. Close to this village, there is Xlendi Bay, a popular tourist resort engulfed in a fjord-like inlet amongst high cliffs.
Cathedral of the Assumption
- Categories: cathedral, heritage site, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Victoria, Gozo, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
36.04622° or 36° 2′ 46″ northLongitude
14.2398° or 14° 14′ 23″ eastLevels
3Open location code
8F8P26WQ+FWOpenStreetMap ID
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amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
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historic=heritageOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1736126
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Slovenian—“Cathedral of the Assumption” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديسة مريم”
- Chinese: “聖母升天主教座堂”
- Chinese: “聖母昇天主教座堂”
- Czech: “katedrála Nanebevzetí P. Marie”
- Dutch: “Cathedral of the Assumption of the Madonna”
- Dutch: “Kathedraal van Maria-Tenhemelopneming (Gozo)”
- Dutch: “Kathedraal van Maria-Tenhemelopneming”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه صعود مادونا”
- Esperanto: “Katedralo de la Ĉielenpreno de Madono”
- French: “cathédrale de Gozo”
- French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Gozo”
- French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Gozo”
- German: “Kathedrale Mariä Himmelfahrt (Victoria)”
- German: “Kathedrale Mariä Himmelfahrt”
- German: “Mariä-Himmelfahrt-Kathedrale”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת עליית הבתולה (ויקטוריה)”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת עליית הבתולה”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Gozo”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Kenaikan, Gozo”
- Italian: “cattedrale dell’Assunzione della Vergine Maria (Gozo)”
- Italian: “cattedrale dell’Assunzione della Vergine Maria”
- Italian: “Cattedrale dell’Assunzione della Vergine Maria”
- Maltese: “Knisja Katidrali ta‘ Għawdex”
- Maltese: “Knisja Katidrali ta’ Għawdex”
- Persian: “کلیسای جامع عروج، گوزو”
- Polish: “Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Victorii (Malta)”
- Polish: “Katedra Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Victorii”
- Slovenian: “goška katedrala”
- Slovenian: “goška stolnica”
- Slovenian: “katedrala v Gozu”
- Slovenian: “stolnica Marijinega vnebovzetja v Gozu”
- Slovenian: “stolnica v Gozu”
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