Holy Cross Church

Holy Cross Church is a church in Ward - 78, DCC (Kotwali), Dhaka Division. Holy Cross Church is situated nearby to St. Francis Xavier’s Girls’ High School, as well as near the pitch St. Gregory’s High School playground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Francis Xavier’s Girls’ High School and St Thomas Church.

St. Francis Xavier’s Girls’ High School

School

St. Francis Xavier's Girls' School & College is a Bengali-medium Catholic secondary school in the Old Dhaka area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is operated by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, a Roman Catholic religious order.

St Thomas Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

St. Thomas Cathedral Church is a cathedral belonging to the Diocese of Dhaka of the Church of Bangladesh, which is a United Protestant denomination that formed as a result of a merger between the Anglican and Presbyterian churches in the region. St Thomas Church is situated 250 metres northwest of Holy Cross Church.

St. Gregory’s High School and College

School building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Gregory's High School & College is a Catholic school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1882, when the city was part of British India, by Gregory De Groote, a Belgian Benedictine priest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangla Bazar and Shakhari Bazar.

Bangla Bazar

Suburb

Bangla Bazar is the oldest neighbourhood of Dhaka, which existed before Mughal Period. Currently, the largest publication and book market of Dhaka is located in the area.

Shakhari Bazar

Quarter

Photo: Ahemed Imteaz-nsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Shankhari Bazaar is one of the oldest areas in Bangladesh's Old Dhaka, broadly known as Shankhari Potti. It stretches along a narrow lane, lined with richly decorated brick buildings, built during the late Mughal or Colonial period.

Old Dhaka

Photo: Shmunmun, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Old Dhaka is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, it was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of the Indian subcontinent, and the center of the worldwide muslin trade.

Holy Cross Church

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Ward - 78, DCC (Kotwali), Dhaka District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.70845° or 23° 42′ 30″ north

Longitude

90.41378° or 90° 24′ 50″ east

Levels

Roof shape

hipped

Open location code

7MMGPC57+9G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 447198056

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

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