St.Sebastian Church

St.Sebastian Church is a church in Reclamation West, Jaffna, Northern Province. St.Sebastian Church is situated nearby to Gurunagar Divisional Hospital, as well as near Divisional Hospital Gurunagar.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Mary’s Cathedral and Jaffna Public Library.

St. Mary’s Cathedral

Church

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St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The cathedral is also known locally as Periye Kovil. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 540 metres northeast of St.Sebastian Church.

Jaffna Public Library

Library

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Jaffna Public Library is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. Jaffna Public Library is situated 1¼ km northwest of St.Sebastian Church.

Jaffna Fort

Ruins

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Jaffna Fort is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar. Jaffna Fort is situated 1½ km northwest of St.Sebastian Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nallur and Ariyalai.

Nallur

Town

Nallur is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.

Ariyalai

Town

Photo: உமாபதி, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ariyalai is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census. Ariyalai is situated 3 km east of St.Sebastian Church.

Kokkuvil

Village

Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 5 km north of St.Sebastian Church.

St.Sebastian Church

Type: Church
Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Reclamation West, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.65402° or 9° 39′ 15″ north

Longitude

80.01866° or 80° 1′ 7″ east

Open location code

6MX2M239+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 581456770

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

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