Cathedral of the Assumption

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the of Victoria in , . 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.
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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”, “Cathedral of the Assumption, Victoria”, “Gozo Cathedral”, and “Saint Mary’s Cathedral”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gozo Museum of Archaeology and Historic House.

Museum
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The is a in the , the oldest part of the city, of Victoria in , . The museum of Archaeology was opened in 1960 as the first public museum in Gozo and was known as the Gozo Museum.

Museum
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The Gran Castello , formerly known as the Folklore Museum, is a museum dedicated to Gozitan folklore in Victoria, , .

Museum
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The is located in the of Victoria, , 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 Kercem.

Village
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, as a local council, is an administrative unit of , on the island of . The population of was 1,160 in July 2024. This included 630 males and 530 females; 899 Maltese nationals and 261 foreign nationals.

Village
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Ta' Kerċem is a village in , in the island of , 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.

Village
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is an administrative unit of , which lies on the southern side of the island of . As of March 2014, its population was 1,454 people. Close to this village, there is Bay, a popular tourist resort engulfed in a fjord-like inlet amongst high cliffs.

Cathedral of the Assumption

Latitude
36.04622° or 36° 2′ 46″ north
Longitude
14.2398° or 14° 14′ 23″ east
Levels
3
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8F8P26WQ+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29565149
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1736126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“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”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع عروج”
  • 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”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de la Asunción, Victoria”

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