General Information
| Status: | in use |
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Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Church |
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| Material: |
Timber structure |
Location
| Location: |
Nukuʻalofa, Tonga |
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| Coordinates: | 21° 8' 12.60" S 175° 12' 6.73" W |
Technical Information
Materials
| roof |
wood
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua or simply Church of St. Anthony of Padua, is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is in the Taufa'ahau road in the town of Nukualofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean.
Description
This is one of the country's most important Catholic churches, and the other being the main Cathedral of St. Mary in the same city. The Roman or Latin rite church and depends on the diocese of Tonga. The current structure near the royal tombs was built by volunteers starting in 1977 and completed in 1980. Pope John Paul II granted the title of Basilica.
It is a building that stands out for its structure with wooden and cone-shaped, which is not only a religious but a landmark tourist attraction.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Tonga" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20036639 - Published on:
19/04/2008 - Last updated on:
14/12/2016
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