St. Peter of Gallicantu

Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu is a Roman Catholic church located on the eastern slope of , just outside the walled . It is dedicated to the episode from the New Testament known as the Denial of Peter.
stpeter-gallicantu.org
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church building in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Also known as: “Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu” and “Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu”
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of . is situated 640 metres northeast of St. Peter of Gallicantu.

Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. is situated 660 metres north of St. Peter of Gallicantu.

Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. is situated 1 km north of St. Peter of Gallicantu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Zion and Jewish Quarter.

Suburb
Photo: Eman, CC0.
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

Neighborhood
Photo: Michael Kriegal, CC BY 2.0.
The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in , on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

St. Peter of Gallicantu

Latitude
31.77128° or 31° 46′ 17″ north
Longitude
35.23207° or 35° 13′ 56″ east
Inception
1931
Open location code
8G3QQ6CJ+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 376137590
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1861408
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover St. Peter of Gallicantu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“St. Peter of Gallicantu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس بطرس في غاليكانتو”
  • Chinese: “雞鳴堂”
  • Chinese: “鸡鸣堂”
  • Czech: “Gallicantum”
  • Czech: “kostel sv. Petra v Gallicantu”
  • Czech: “svatý Petr v Gallicantu”
  • Dutch: “St. Petrus in Gallicantu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس بطرس فى جاليكانتو”
  • French: “église Saint-Pierre en Gallicante”
  • French: “Église Saint-Pierre en Gallicante”
  • German: “St. Peter in Gallicantu”
  • German: “St. Peter in Gallicantum”
  • Hebrew: “.כנסית התרנגול”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית פטרוס אין גליקנטו”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Pietro in Gallicantu”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Pietro in Gallicantu”
  • Italian: “Gallicantu”
  • Italian: “San Pietro in Gallicantu”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Петар”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St Peter in Gallicantu”
  • Norwegian: “St Peter in Gallicantu”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Piotra in Gallicantu”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Piotra w Gallicantu”
  • Romanian: “Biserica catolică „Sfântul Petru Galileeanul””
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Петра в Галликанту”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Pedro en Gallicantu”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Pedro en Gallicantu”
  • Tamil: “கலிகந்து புனித பேதுரு தேவாலயம்”
  • Turkish: “Gallicantu Kilisesi”
  • Turkish: “Horoz Ötüşü Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква святого Петра в Ґаліканту”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Петра в Ґаліканту”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Petrus yn Gallicantu”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include כנסית התרנגול and Garden for prayer.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Ma’alot Ir David and Shulhan David.

West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Bethlehem, Ramallah, Hebron, and Jericho.

Curious Churches to Discover

Uncover intriguing churches from every corner of the globe.