Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare
The Our Lady of Wisdom or simply Cathedral of Butare, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Butare, in the southern part of the African country of Rwanda.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Butare, Rwanda
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huye Stadium and Butare Airport.
Huye Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Claude Nizeyimana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Huye Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Butare, Rwanda. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Mukura Victory Sports FC. The stadium holds 10,000 people. Huye Stadium is situated 1¼ km north of Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare.
Butare Airport
Aerodrome
Butare Airport is an airport in Butare, Rwanda. It is also known as Huye Airstrip.
Ethnographic Museum
Museum
Photo: Amakuru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ethnographic Museum, formerly the National Museum of Rwanda, is a national museum in Rwanda. It is located in Butare. It is owned by Institute of National Museums of Rwanda. Ethnographic Museum is situated 2 km north of Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butare and Save.
Butare
Photo: Pierre Galinier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butare, also known as Huye, is the third largest city of Rwanda, located in the south. Butare is the capital of Butare district. It is said to have about 50,000 inhabitants.
Save
Town
Save is a small town and sector in Rwanda. It is located a few miles north of the town of Butare, and in the west of the Gisagara District of Southern Province. Save is situated 9 km north of Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare.
Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Butare, Ngoma, Huye District, Southern Province, Rwanda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-2.60693° or 2° 36′ 25″ southLongitude
29.74283° or 29° 44′ 34″ eastOpen location code
6G9F9PVV+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 341264618OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q23918174
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kathedraal van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Wijsheid”
- French: “cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Sagesse”
- French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la Sagesse”
- French: “Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Sagesse de Butare”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Butare”
- Kinyarwanda: “Bikira Mariya w’ubwenge,Katedirale ya Butare”
- Kinyarwanda: “Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral, Butare”
- Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Sabiduría (Butare)”
- Spanish: “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Sabiduría”
Notable Places Nearby
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