Mother Teresa Cathedral
Mother Teresa Cathedral is a church in Bashkia e Vau i Dejës, Vau i Dejës, Shkodër County. Mother Teresa Cathedral is situated nearby to the industrial building Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station, as well as near the peak Maja Dejës.Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: cathedral in Albania
- Address: Vau i Dejës
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vau i Dejës Castle and Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station.
Vau i Dejës Castle
Photo: Edukatori, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dagnum was a town, bishopric and important medieval fortress located on the territory of present-day Albania, which has been under Albanian, Serbian, Venetian and Ottoman control and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. Vau i Dejës Castle is situated 1½ km northwest of Mother Teresa Cathedral.
Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station
Industrial building
Photo: Albinfo, Public domain.
The Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric dam on the Drin river, in Albania, near the settlement of Vau i Dejës. Completed in 1973, the project consists of five turbines of French origin, each with a nominal capacity of 50 megawatts, for a total capacity of 250 MW. Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 800 metres northwest of Mother Teresa Cathedral.
St. Mary’s Church
Church
St Mary's Church is a Catholic church in Vau i Dejës, Shkodër, Albania. It was built in the 12th century and destroyed in 1969. The building was listed as a culture monument of Albania. St. Mary’s Church is situated 1½ km west of Mother Teresa Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ganjollë and Sheldi.
Ganjollë
Village
Ganjollë is a settlement in the former Guri i Zi municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Shkodër. Ganjollë is situated 4 km west of Mother Teresa Cathedral.
Sheldi
Village
Sheldi is a settlement in the former Gur i Zi municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Shkodër. Sheldi is situated 4 km northwest of Mother Teresa Cathedral.
Stajkë
Village
Stajkë is a settlement in the former Bushat municipality, Shkodër County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vau i Dejës. Stajkë is situated 5 km southwest of Mother Teresa Cathedral.
Mother Teresa Cathedral
- Categories: cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bashkia e Vau i Dejës, Vau i Dejës, Shkodër County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.00739° or 42° 0′ 27″ northLongitude
19.64064° or 19° 38′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8FJX2J4R+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 581158827OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedralOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q11737325
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Polish—“Mother Teresa Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Katedralja e Nënë Terezja”
- French: “cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse de Calcutta de Vau i Dejës”
- French: “Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse de Calcutta de Vau i Dejës”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Santa Bunda Teresa dari Kolkata, Vau i Dejës”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Vau i Dejës”
- Polish: “Katedra bł. Matki Teresy z Kalkuty w Vau i Dejës”
- Polish: “Katedra św. Matki Teresy z Kalkuty w Vau i Dejës”
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Highlights include Maja Dejës and Kodra Jubcës.
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