Banjul Anglican Cathedral

The Anglican Cathedral of Banjul

The Anglican Cathedral of Banjul , also St. Mary's Cathedral , is a church building of the Anglican Church in the Gambian capital Banjul .

location

It is located on MacCarthy Square at the corner of Glaucester Street , where it dominates the street scene. The neo-Gothic brick church, built in 1933, is smaller than the Roman Catholic cathedral .

The Sankandi Monument

The Sankandi Monument in front of the Anglican Church commemorates the Battle of Sankandi in 1900, in which the British destroyed the city of Sankandi.

See also

• Church of the Province of West Africa

literature

• Ilona Horn: Gambia. Small vacation paradise in West Africa. 2nd updated edition. Horn Ilona Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-932084-19-5
• Rosel Jahn: Gambia. Travel guide with regional studies. With a travel atlas (= Mai's Weltführer. Vol. 29). Mai, Dreieich 1997, ISBN 3-87936-239-4

Web links

Commons : Saint Mary's Anglican Cathedral (Banjul)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• St. Mary's Cathedral Parish, Banjul - Website of the cathedral at Diocese of Gambia ( Memento of April 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bala Saho and Bill Roberts: “Walking Tour of Banjul” A History of Major Architectural Works ( Memento of March 24, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 13 ° 27 ′ 17 "  N , 16 ° 34 ′ 31"  W.