Santa Prisca Church
The Parroquia de Santa Prisca y San Sebastían, commonly known as the Church of Santa Prisca, is a colonial monument located in the city of Taxco de Alarcón, in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexico, built between 1751 and 1759.Photo: Mario guerrero ledesma 1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: basilica and Churrigueresque symbol in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
- Also known as: “Church of Santa Prisca”, “Church of Santa Prisca de Taxco”, “Iglesia de Santa Prisca y San Sebastián”, and “Temple of Santa Prisca”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taxco.
Taxco
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taxco is a beautiful city in Mexico built on a hill in Guerrero. It is rich with old and new silver mines in the surrounding areas with narrow winding streets and hundreds of silver shops.
Santa Prisca Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Taxco de Alarcón, Guerrero, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.55633° or 18° 33′ 23″ northLongitude
-99.60474° or 99° 36′ 17″ westOpen location code
76C2H94W+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 503145059OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q1369633
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Santa Prisca Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣普利斯卡教堂”
- Chinese: “聖普里斯卡德塔斯科教堂”
- Danish: “Santa Prisca”
- German: “Santa Prisca”
- Hungarian: “Szent Piroska-templom”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Santa Priska di Taxco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Prisca”
- Norwegian: “Santa Prisca”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Pryski w Taxco”
- Portuguese: “Igreja de Santa Prisca de Taxco”
- Russian: “Санта-Приска”
- Spanish: “Templo de Santa Prisca de Taxco”
- Spanish: “Templo de Santa Prisca”
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