{"id":38672,"date":"2019-12-25T03:23:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T10:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/?p=38672"},"modified":"2019-01-05T21:39:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T04:39:40","slug":"st-francis-xaviers-church-nuwara-eliya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/st-francis-xaviers-church-nuwara-eliya\/","title":{"rendered":"St Francis Xavier’s Church, Nuwara Eliya"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I last visited Nuwara Eliya, situated high in the mountains of Sri Lanka’s tea country, I made a point of seeing some of the local sights. One of the my friends and traveling companions, a devout Catholic, wanted to visit St. Xavier’s Catholic Church, which I’m glad we did because it is quite lovely. <\/p>\n

The church’s construction was begun in 1838, and it was completed over a 10 year period. It’s still a lovely building, a brown color with colonial architecture, so it fits in well with the overall appearance of the town.<\/p>\n

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St, Francis Xavier Church. Nuwara Eliya<\/p><\/div>\n

The interior of the church is bright and cheery, and has some interesting mementos of the Saint it’s named for. <\/p>\n

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