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.Photo: Молли, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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 Church of Our Lady of Tire.
Cyprus Museum
Museum
The Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus, located on Museum Street in central Nicosia. The museum is home to the most extensive collection of Cypriot antiquities in the world, and houses artifacts discovered during numerous excavations on the island. Cyprus Museum is situated 330 metres southwest of Church of the Holy Cross.
Church of Our Lady of Tire
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Church of Our Lady of Tire is situated 100 metres northeast of Church of the Holy Cross.
Paphos Gate
City gate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Paphos Gate, also known as Porta San Domenico, is a gate in the Walls of Nicosia, Cyprus. It was the entrance gate to the city towards the west, specifically Paphos.
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″ northLongitude
33.35742° or 33° 21′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G7M59F4+PXOpenStreetMap ID
way 727317569OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q22815012
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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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