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St. Mary's Cathedral, Jaffna

Jaffna, Sri Lanka · built 1794

St. Mary's Cathedral (Puṉita Mariyaṉṉai Pērālayam, Sinhala: ශාන්ත මරියා ආසන දෙව් මැදුර Śānta Mariyā Āsana Dev Mædura) is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The cathedral is also known locally as Periye Kovil.

Church data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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