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Parish Church of Saint Helen

St Helen's Basilica is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church situated in , . It is built on the baroque design by Salvu Borg and built by Mason Domenico Cachia.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: The parish church of Birkirkara, Malta
  • Also known as: “Collegiate Parish Church of St Helen”, “Parish Church of St Helen”, “Sant‘ Elena”, and “St Helen’s Basilica”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tal-Ħerba and Mater Dei Hospital.

Church
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The is a Roman Catholic church in , , dedicated to the Nativity of Mary. It was constructed at various stages between the early 17th century and the 1920s, on the site of an earlier church which had existed since at least 1575. is situated 140 metres north of Parish Church of Saint Helen.

Hospital
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, also known simply as Mater Dei, is an acute general and teaching hospital in , . It was opened in 2007, replacing St. Luke's Hospital. is situated 1 km east of Parish Church of Saint Helen.

Church
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The Parish Church of Saint Mary, commonly known as il-Knisja l-Qadima is a Roman Catholic in , , dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. is situated 590 metres south of Parish Church of Saint Helen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birkirkara and Fleur-de-Lys.

Town
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is a city in the Eastern Region of . It is the second most populous on the , with 24,356 inhabitants as of 2020. The town consists of five autonomous parishes: Saint Helen, Saint Joseph the Worker, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and San Gorg Preca.

Hamlet
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is a suburb that forms part of , and is also considered a suburb of and . It lies approximately 5 kilometers from 's capital, .

Village
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is a municipality in the of , and together with and , forms part of the "Three Villages". The village originally consisted of a group of small dwellings and farms but eventually grew, becoming a parish in the 17th century.

Parish Church of Saint Helen

Latitude
35.89999° or 35° 54′ north
Longitude
14.46536° or 14° 27′ 55″ east
Open location code
8F7PVFX8+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 339930320
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1234300
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In Other Languages

From Croatian to Polish—“Parish Church of Saint Helen” goes by many names.
  • Croatian: “Bazilika sv. Helene”
  • French: “basilique Sainte-Hélène de Birkirkara”
  • French: “Basilique Sainte-Hélène de Birkirkara”
  • French: “Église Sainte-Hélène”
  • German: “St. Helena”
  • Hebrew: “בזיליקת הלנה הקדושה”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Santa Helena, Birkirkara”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Sant’Elena”
  • Maltese: “Bażilika ta’ Sant’ Elena”
  • Maltese: “Bażilika ta‘ Santa Liena”
  • Maltese: “Il-Knisja l-Kbira”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Heleny w Birkirkara”
  • Polish: “Bazylika św. Heleny w Birkirkarze”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Parish Church of Saint Helen”. Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 3.0.