Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic parish located in the city of Nicosia in Cyprus. The first church dedicated to the Holy Cross was built in 1642 and operated continuously until the late nineteenth century.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Nicosia, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Church of the Holy Cross, Nicosia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cyprus Museum and Paphos Gate.
Cyprus Museum
Museum
The Cyprus Museum, also known as the Cyprus Archaeological Museum, is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus, located on Museum Street in central Nicosia. Cyprus Museum is situated 330 metres southwest of Church of the Holy Cross.
Paphos Gate
City gate
Notre Dame de Tyre
Church
Notre Dame de Tyre or Our Lady of Tyre, or simply the Armenian church is located in Nicosia, Cyprus, in the Arab Ahmet Pasha quarter, on Salahi Şevket Street. Notre Dame de Tyre is situated 100 metres northeast of Church of the Holy Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nempetchane and Tampakchane.
Nempetchane
Neighborhood
Nebethane is an historic neighbourhood, quarter, Mahalla, or parish of central Nicosia, Cyprus. Its name inherited from the Ottoman period is Turkish for police station or the guard room of the Turkish patrol.
Tampakchane
Neighborhood
Tabakhane is a historic neighborhood, quarter, Mahalla, or parish of central Nicosia, Cyprus, named after the tannery which formerly existed just outside the city walls, near Paphos Gate.
İbrahim Paşa
Neighborhood
Ιbrahim Pasha is a Neighbourhood, Quarter or Mahalle of Nicosia, Cyprus. It is named after Ιbrahim Pasha, one of the leaders in the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1570.
Church of the Holy Cross
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nicosia Municipality, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.17433° or 35° 10′ 28″ north
Longitude
33.35742° or 33° 21′ 27″ east
Open location code
8G7M59F4+PX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Church of the Holy Cross” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Въздвижение на Светия кръст”
- German: “Heilig Kreuz”
- German: “Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche”
- Greek: “Καθολικός Ναός του Τιμίου Σταυρού”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Salib Suci, Nikosia”
- Spanish: “iglesia de la Santa Cruz (Nicosia)”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de la Santa Cruz”
- Western Frisian: “Hillich-Krústsjerke (Nikosia)”
- Western Frisian: “Hillich-Krústsjerke”
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