Santa Sofia, Capri
Santa Sofia is a Catholic church in the piazza of Anacapri, on the island of Capri, Italy. It dates to 1596, when it replaced Chiesa di Santa Maria di Costantinopoli as the local parish church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in Anacapri, Italy
- Also known as: “Chiesa di Santa Sofia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Michele Arcangelo, Anacapri and Casa Rossa.
San Michele Arcangelo, Anacapri
Church
Photo: MentNFG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Michele Arcangelo is a Roman catholic church located in Anacapri, Capri, Italy. Located on Piazza San Nicola and built in 1719, it is octagonal in shape and of Baroque style.
Casa Rossa
Museum
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Casa Rossa is a museum, which is situated 180 metres northeast of Santa Sofia, Capri.
Blue Grotto
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the cavern, giving the water a blue glow that illuminates the cavern. Blue Grotto is situated 1¼ km northwest of Santa Sofia, Capri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capri.
Capri
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY 3.0.
The small Italian island of Capri is 5 km from the mainland in the Bay of Naples, a celebrated beauty spot and coastal resort since the days of the Roman Republic until now. It is also part of Campania.
Santa Sofia, Capri
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Anacapri, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.55421° or 40° 33′ 15″ northLongitude
14.21698° or 14° 13′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8FGPH638+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 751445812OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q3674220
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Santa Sofia, Capri” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “上智堂”
- Croatian: “Santa Sofia, Capri”
- Dutch: “Chiesa di Santa Sofia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانتا صوفيا”
- French: “chiesa di Santa Sofia”
- French: “Chiesa di Santa Sofia”
- German: “Chiesa di Santa Sofia”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Sofia”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Sofia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Sofia-kirken”
- Norwegian: “Santa Sofia-kirken”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Diaz and Fontanelle.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Santa Sofia, Capri”. Photo: Alondritz, CC BY-SA 3.0.