Catholic Belltower, Kolonia

Name: Catholic Belltower
Address: Kolonia, Micronesia

#3 among attractions in Kolonia

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The Catholic Belltower is a historic tower at the Catholic Mission in Kolonia, on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. The belltower and adjoining masonry apse are all that remain of a church built in 1909 by German Capuchin missionaries, when Ponape and the other Caroline Islands were administered as part of German New Guinea. The rest of the church was destroyed during the fighting of World War II. The tower is 4.8 metres square, rising to a height of 20.7 metres, and the shell of the apse is about 10 metres in height. The tower has a foundation of basalt rock and lime mortar, and is constructed out of concrete bricks. ()

Built: 1909 (115 years ago)Coordinates: 6°58'6"N, 158°12'40"E

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Kolonia Micronesia

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Catholic Belltower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sokehs Mass Grave Site, Shinto shrine, German Cemetery, Palikir.

0.4 miW
Cemetery
Sokehs Mass Grave Site, Kolonia
11 min walk • The Sokehs Mass Grave Site is the location where fifteen participants of the 1910/1911 Sokehs Rebellion on the island of Pohnpei were buried by German colonial authorities.
~1590 ftS
Temple
Shinto shrine, Kolonia
8 min walk • A Shinto shrine is a structure whose main purpose is to house one or more kami. Its most important building is used for the safekeeping of sacred objects and not for worship.
1.2 miS
Cemetery
German Cemetery, Pohnpei
31 min walk • The German Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei and the other Caroline Islands had become a German protectorate in 1899, after the Spanish–American War, and were administered as part of German New Guinea.
4.9 miSW
Capital of the Federated States of Micronesia
Palikir, Pohnpei
125 min walk • Palikir is the capital city of the Federated States of Micronesia located in the western Pacific Ocean. A town of slightly under 5,000 residents, it is part of the larger Sokehs municipality, which had a population of 6.647 as of 2010, out of the nation's total population of 106,487.