Jain Tempel of Antwerp
The Shankheshwar Parshvanath Jain Temple is a Jain temple located in the district Wilrijk of the city of Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium. It is currently the only Jain temple in continental Europe.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Jain temple
- Description: Jain temple in Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium
- Also known as: “Jain Temple of Antwerp” and “Shankheshwar Parshvanath Jain Temple”
- Address: Laarstraat 20
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympisch Stadion and Sint-Bavokerk.
Olympisch Stadion
Stadium
Photo: KSKB1935, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events. Olympisch Stadion is situated 1½ km northwest of Jain Tempel of Antwerp.
Sint-Bavokerk
Church
Sint-Bavokerk is a church, which is situated 580 metres southeast of Jain Tempel of Antwerp.
Middelheim Museum
Museum
Photo: Cemtas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum is a sculpture park of 24 hectares in the park part of the Middelheim Nachtegalen Park at Antwerp. The Middelheim Museum collection has approximately 400 works of art on display. Middelheim Museum is situated 1½ km northeast of Jain Tempel of Antwerp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilrijk and Fort 6.
Wilrijk
Town
Wilrijk is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Wilrijk had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1983; the enlarged municipality of Antwerp was decentralized in 2000 and Wilrijk became one of the city's nine districts.
Hoboken
Town
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hoboken is a southern district of the arrondissement and city of Antwerp, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located at the Scheldt river. The name of the district has its origins in Middle Dutch. Hoboken is situated 2½ km west of Jain Tempel of Antwerp.
Jain Tempel of Antwerp
- Categories: building, temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.17366° or 51° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
4.39643° or 4° 23′ 47″ eastOpen location code
9F3659FW+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 94384878OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=templeWikidata ID
Q2095994
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Jain Tempel of Antwerp” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Jaïntempel van Antwerpen”
- French: “temple jaïn d’Anvers”
- French: “Temple jaïn d’Anvers”
- German: “Jaintempel von Antwerpen”
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