South America
Guyana
Demerara-Mahaica

Castalaney House

Castellani House is a large nineteenth-century building in , . It is on the corner of Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue. It was designed and constructed by the Maltese architect, Cesar Castellani, between 1879 and 1882.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: building in Guyana
  • Also known as: “Castellani House, Guyana” and “National Art Gallery of Guyana”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Guyana Zoo and Georgetown Football Stadium.

Zoo
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a zoo located in , the capital of . The zoo officially opened in 1952, but its grounds had been used as botanical gardens since 1895. is situated 400 metres northeast of Castalaney House.

Pitch
is a multi-use on Vlissengen Road in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 2,000 people. is situated 230 metres northeast of Castalaney House.

Mosque
The or Queenstown Masjid is a in , . is situated 500 metres north of Castalaney House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stabroek and Providence.

Neighborhood
is a ward in the centre of , having previously been the old name of the wider city itself, between 1784 and 1812.

Hamlet
Photo: FrWaters, CC BY 2.5.
is a community in the Region of , on the east bank of the , located at, altitude 1 metre. is approximately 10 kilometres south of the capital, . is situated 6 km southwest of Castalaney House.

Town
is a village in between and Goedverwagting. It was purchased by freed slaves from cattle farmer A J Watershodt for $39,000 after the abolition of slavery in 1838. is situated 7 km east of Castalaney House.

Castalaney House

Latitude
6.80594° or 6° 48′ 21″ north
Longitude
-58.14959° or 58° 8′ 59″ west
Open location code
68R3RV42+95
Open­Street­Map ID
way 405708710
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q5049685
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Castalaney House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Castellani House”
  • Armenian: “Castellani House”
  • Bengali: “Castellani House”
  • Bulgarian: “Castellani House”
  • Chinese: “Castellani House”
  • Church Slavic: “Castellani House”
  • Dutch: “Castellani House”
  • Dutch: “National Art Gallery of Guyana”
  • Dzongkha: “Castellani House”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت كاستيلانى”
  • French: “Castellani House”
  • French: “Galerie nationale d’art du Guyana”
  • Georgian: “Castellani House”
  • German: “Castellani House, Georgetown”
  • German: “Castellani House”
  • German: “National Art Gallery of Guyana”
  • Greek: “Castellani House”
  • Hebrew: “Castellani House”
  • Hindi: “Castellani House”
  • Italian: “Castellani House”
  • Korean: “Castellani House”
  • Latin: “Castellani House”
  • Low German: “Castellani House”
  • Low German: “National Art Gallery of Guyana”
  • Macedonian: “Castellani House”
  • Malayalam: “Castellani House”
  • Manchu: “Castellani House”
  • Maori: “Castellani House”
  • Maori: “National Art Gallery of Guyana”
  • Mongolian: “Castellani House”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “Castellani House”
  • Persian: “Castellani House”
  • Polish: “Castellani House”
  • Portuguese: “Castellani House”
  • Romanian: “Castellani House”
  • Russian: “Castellani House (Гайана)”
  • Russian: “Castellani House”
  • Samoan: “Castellani House”
  • Serbian: “Castellani House”
  • Spanish: “Castellani House”
  • Tamil: “Castellani House”
  • Telugu: “Castellani House”
  • Turkmen: “Castellani House”
  • Urdu: “Castellani House”
  • “Castellani House”
  • “National Art Gallery of Guyana”

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Highlights include Office of the President and Ministry Of the Presidency.

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Explore places such as Ministry of Agriculture and 1763 Monument ‘Cuffy’.

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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 “Castalaney House”. Photo: Caribiana, CC BY-SA 4.0.