Eritrea
Maekel Region
South Western subregion

Saint Joseph’s Cathedral

The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara is a Catholic church built in the early 1920s in , when the city was the capital of Italian Eritrea.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church in Asmara, Eritrea
  • Also known as: “‘the cathedral’”, “Church of Our Lady of the Rosary”, and “Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara”
  • Address: شارع هيمت, أسمرة

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cinema Impero and Cinema Asmara.

Movie theater
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Art Deco-style cinema in , the capital of . It was built in 1937 by the colonial authorities in Italian Eritrea. is situated 250 metres east of Saint Joseph’s Cathedral.

Movie theater
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Asmara Theatre, also known as Asmara Opera, is a theatre in , . It was constructed in 1918 following a design by the Italian engineer Odoardo Cavagnari, with later renovations in 1936. is situated 280 metres west of Saint Joseph’s Cathedral.

Movie theater
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a movie theater, which is situated 420 metres southwest of Saint Joseph’s Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asmara.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The capital of is a vibrant mix of Italian and African architecture and culture. It is by far the biggest and most important city of Eritrea and not just the administration center of the country but also the cultural center and the place where every tourist will arrive to the country.

Saint Joseph’s Cathedral

Latitude
15.33674° or 15° 20′ 12″ north
Longitude
38.93791° or 38° 56′ 17″ east
Open location code
7G7W8WPQ+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 93787841
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2061047
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Saint Joseph’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس يوسف”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة سيدة الوردية”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة نوتردام دو روزاري”
  • Chinese: “圣若瑟主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “玫瑰聖母堂”
  • Chinese: “聖若瑟主教座堂”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala sv. Josipa u Asmari”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van Asmara”
  • Dutch: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Rozenkranskerk (Asmara)”
  • Dutch: “Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Rozenkranskerk”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jozefkathedraal”
  • French: “Église Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire d’Asmara”
  • French: “église Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire”
  • German: “Kirche Unserer Lieben Frau vom Rosenkranz”
  • German: “Sankt-Josephs-Kathedrale”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “‘de cathedral’”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Church for wana Lady for de Rosary”
  • Hausa: “‘the cathedral’”
  • Hausa: “Cocin Uwargidanmu na Rosary, Asmara”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Ratu Rosari, Asmara”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Asmara”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di San Giuseppe”
  • Italian: “chiesa della Beata Vergine del Rosario”
  • Italian: “Chiesa della Beata Vergine del Rosario”
  • Japanese: “アスマラのセントジョセフ教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Josef-katedralen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Joseph-katedralen”
  • Norwegian: “Sankt Josef-katedralen”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Józefa w Asmarze”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Иосифа”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de la Virgen del Rosario”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Notre-Dame de Rosary”

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