Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk
Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk is a church in Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders which is located on Oosterweelsteenweg. Access is restricted and requires permission. Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk is situated nearby to the locality Oosterweel, as well as near Noordkasteel.Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Oosterweel (Antwerp)
- Address: Oosterweelsteenweg, Antwerpen
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lightship and Antwerp Maritime Academy.
Lightship
Photo: SteKrueBe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse in areas deemed unsuitable for proper lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, the first modern lightship was invented by Robert Hamblin in 1734 and was located off the Nore sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames in London, England. Lightship is situated 1½ km east of Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk.
Antwerp Maritime Academy
College
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
The Antwerp Maritime Academy is a university college in Belgium, located in the north of Antwerp. The academy trains future officers of the Merchant Navy and Belgian Navy. Antwerp Maritime Academy is situated 1 km east of Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk.
Red Star Line Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oosterweel and Noordkasteel.
Linkeroever
Suburb
Linkeroever is an area in the city of Antwerp, on the left bank of the Scheldt river. Historically it was a neighbourhood which belonged to Zwijndrecht, but on 19 March 1923, it was attached to Antwerp.
Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk
- Categories: parish church, building, historic site, and religion
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.24367° or 51° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
4.38525° or 4° 23′ 7″ eastOpen location code
9F3669VP+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 790981331OpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q74042824
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk”
- French: “Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk”
- German: “Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk”
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