Ouagadougou Cathedral, Ouagadougou
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Ouagadougou Cathedral, or the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Ouagadougou is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. It was built in the 1930s, by apostolic vicar Joanny Thévenoud from the White Fathers, at the time of French North Africa, and was dedicated on 19 January 1936, after a two-year construction. Behind the cathedral, near the carpark is an altar dedicated to Mary, Ave Maria, with a statue of the Virgin in a carved stone arch. ()
Getting there by public transportation
Public transportation stops near this location
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- Calculate routeLa cathédrale 2 min walk
- Calculate routeCollège de La Salle 4 min walk
- Calculate routeStade municipale 5 min walk
- Calculate routeHôtel de ville 8 min walk
- Calculate routeGare de Ouagadougou 21 min walk
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How to get to Ouagadougou Cathedral by public transport?
The nearest stations to Ouagadougou Cathedral:
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- La cathédrale • Lines: 12 (2 min walk)
- Collège de La Salle • Lines: 12 (4 min walk)
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- Gare de Ouagadougou (21 min walk)
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