Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Bornova

Saint Mary's Catholic Church
Saint Mary's Catholic Church
Santa Maria Katolik Kilisesi
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Location
Location	Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
Geographic coordinates	38°27′57″N 27°13′12″E / 38.46583°N 27.22000°E
Architecture
Completed	1831

Saint Mary's Catholic Church (Turkish: Santa Maria Katolik Kilisesi) is a Catholic church in Bornova district İzmir, Turkey.

History

Saint Mary's Catholic Church was built by the Franciscans in 1831, according to the inscriptions in the church.^[1] During the creation of Bornova Cumhuriyet Square in the 1970s, the area of the church shrank with the construction of new buildings in the surrounding area.^[2] The church's immovables were transferred to the Italian Catholic Church by a court decision in 2018.^[3]

References

^ Gültekin, Eser. "Bornova'dan Santa Maria Kilisesi" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.
^ "Bornova Catholic church". Levantine Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
^ "'Lozan'a gerek yokmuş'". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-04-02.

External links

Official website (in Turkish)

[1] Gültekin, Eser. "Bornova'dan Santa Maria Kilisesi" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.

[2] "Bornova Catholic church". Levantine Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-02.

[3] "'Lozan'a gerek yokmuş'". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-04-02.

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