Cathedral of St Nicholas
Fribourg Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland. Built between 1283 and 1490 in the Gothic style, it occupies an elevated position overlooking the city.
- Roman Catholic church
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- …stands 30 metres (98 feet) tall
- Description: cathedral
- Address: Rue de la Cathédrale-Saint-Nicolas 7, Fribourg, 1700
- Also known as“Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas / Kathedrale Sankt Niklaus”“Fribourg Cathedral”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fountain of Valor and Notre-Dame de Fribourg Basilica.
Notre-Dame de Fribourg Basilica
Church
The Basilica of Notre-Dame is a Catholic church in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland. Notre-Dame de Fribourg Basilica is situated 140 metres northwest of Cathedral of St Nicholas.
Cantonal Hall and Guardhouse
Town hall
Cantonal Hall and Guardhouse is a town hall, which is situated 190 metres southwest of Cathedral of St Nicholas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Granges-Paccot and Pierrafortscha.
Granges-Paccot
Village
Granges-Paccot (; Arpitan: Granges-Pacot… Granges-Paccot is situated 2½ km northwest of Cathedral of St Nicholas.
Pierrafortscha
Hamlet
Pierrafortscha is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Pierrafortscha is situated 2½ km southeast of Cathedral of St Nicholas.
Cathedral of St Nicholas
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Latitude
46.80616° or 46° 48′ 22″ north
Longitude
7.1632° or 7° 9′ 48″ east
Open location code
8FR9R547+F7
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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building=cathedral
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Cathedral of St Nicholas” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆրիբուրի տաճար”
- Arpitan: “Catèdrâla Sent Nicolas de Fribôrg”
- Belarusian: “Катэдра св. Мікалая”
- Chinese: “圣尼各老主教座堂”
- Chinese: “聖尼各老主教座堂”
- Czech: “Katedrála svatého Mikuláše”
- Dutch: “Fribourg Cathedral”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه فريبورج”
- Esperanto: “Katedralo Sankta Nikolao”
- French: “Cathedrale Saint-Nicolas de Fribourg”
- French: “cathédrale Saint-Nicolas de Fribourg”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas de Fribourg”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Nicolas”
- German: “Kathedrale Saint-Nicolas”
- German: “Kathedrale Sankt Niklaus”
- German: “Kathedrale Sankt Nikolaus”
- German: “Kollegiatskirche St. Nikolaus”
- German: “Sitz des Bischofs”
- German: “St. Nikolaus (Freiburg im Üechtland)”
- German: “St. Nikolaus”
- Hungarian: “Szent Miklós-székesegyház (Fribourg)”
- Hungarian: “Szent Miklós-székesegyház”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Fribourg”
- Italian: “cattedrale di San Nicola”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di San Nicola”
- Japanese: “聖ニコラ大聖堂”
- Persian: “کلیسای جامع فریبورگ”
- Polish: “Katedra św. Mikołaja we Fryburgu”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Николая”
- Russian: “Фрибурский собор”
- Slovenian: “Stolnica sv. Nikolaja, Fribourg”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Nicolas”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Nicolás”
- Turkish: “Fribourg Katedrali”
- Western Frisian: “Sint-Nikolaaskatedraal (Fribourg)”
- Western Frisian: “Sint-Nikolaaskatedraal”
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