Chapelle de l’île Royale

Chapelle de l’île Royale is a chapel in Cayenne, Guyane. Chapelle de l’île Royale is situated nearby to the police station Poste des îles, as well as near the ruins Anceinne maison des soeurs.

Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Phare de l’Île Royale and Devil’s Island.

Phare de l’Île Royale

Lighthouse

Phare de l’Île Royale

Photo: LeGuyanaisPure, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Phare de l’Île Royale is a lighthouse.

Devil’s Island

Islet

Photo: Gfievet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The penal colony of Cayenne, commonly known as Devil's Island, was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially closed in 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana.

Saint-Joseph Island

Islet

Saint-Joseph Island

Photo: Didwin973, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Salvation Islands, sometimes mistakenly called the Safety Islands, are a group of small islands of volcanic origin about 11 kilometres off the coast of French Guiana, 14 kilometres north of Kourou, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartiers des surveillants de l’île Royale.

Quartiers des surveillants de l’île Royale

Neighborhood

Quartiers des surveillants de l’île Royale

Photo: Arria Belli, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Quartiers des surveillants de l’île Royale is a neighborhood.

Chapelle de l’île Royale

Type: Chapel
Description: chapel located in Guyane, in France
Categories: building, historic site, and religion
Location: Cayenne, Arrondissement of Cayenne, Guyane, French Guiana, South America
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Latitude

5.28659° or 5° 17′ 12″ north

Longitude

-52.59123° or 52° 35′ 28″ west

Inception

19th century

Open location code

68Q97CP5+JG

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=chapel

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Greek—“Chapelle de l’île Royale” goes by many names.

French: “chapelle de l’île Royale”
French: “Chapelle de l’île Royale”
French: “chapelle du bagne de Cayenne”
Greek: “Παρεκκλήσιο της Ιλ Ρουαγιάλ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Poste des îles and Anceinne maison des soeurs.

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