The Chalice
The Chalice is sculpture in Cathedral Square of Christchurch, New Zealand. Designed by sculptor Neil Dawson, it was made for the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Canterbury and placed in the square in 2001.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: architectural structure in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Chalice”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Christ Church Cathedral and Tūranga.
Christ Church Cathedral
Cathedral
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Christ Church Cathedral, also called ChristChurch Cathedral and Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Tūranga
Library
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Tūranga is the public library located in Central Christchurch, New Zealand. It opened on 12 October 2018 and replaced the nearby Christchurch Central Library that was closed on the day of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Tūranga is situated 160 metres northeast of The Chalice.
Christchurch Convention Centre
Convention center
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The Christchurch Convention Centre was New Zealand's only purpose-built convention centre, in Christchurch, the South Island's largest city. It was opened by the mayor of Christchurch, Vicki Buck, in November 1997, and was demolished in early 2012 following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Christchurch Convention Centre is situated 210 metres north of The Chalice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christchurch and Waltham.
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the second most-populous urban area in the country. As well as having the most attractions of any place in the South Island, it's the major international entry point for visiting the rest of the island.
Waltham
Suburb
Waltham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 2 kilometres south-east of the city centre. State Highway 76, part of Christchurch's ring road system, and known there as Brougham Street, runs through the suburb, as does the Lyttelton Line rail corridor.
Edgeware
Suburb
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Edgeware is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, to the north of the central city. It is centred on a cluster of some 20 shops that make up Edgeware Village on Edgeware Road near Colombo Street's northern end.
The Chalice
- Categories: sculpture and tourism
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-43.53135° or 43° 31′ 53″ southLongitude
172.63645° or 172° 38′ 11″ eastOpen location code
4V8JFJ9P+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 92830250OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q1059609
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In Other Languages
“The Chalice” goes by many names.
- German: “Chalice (Christchurch)”
- German: “Chalice”
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Highlights include ChristChurch Cathedral Columbarium and Chief Post Office, Christchurch.
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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 “The Chalice”. Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.