SMALLEST - church in the southern hemisphere
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ThePacman
S 28° 22.596 E 029° 22.711
35J E 733080 N 6858778
The Llandoff Oratory is the smallest church in the southern hemisphere - it seats just 8 people.
Waymark Code: WMNYW3
Location: Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Date Posted: 05/26/2015
Views: 6
It is situated in Van Reenen on the N3 national road between Johannesburg and Durban.
This Catholic church is a Heritage Landmark (a national monument). It was built by Maynard Mathews as a memorial to his son Llandaff Mathews who died while saving the lives of eight colleagues at the Burnside Colliery mine on 19 March 1925.
The oratory seats just eight people - reflecting the number of people Llandaff saved in the mine accident. It was based on a design of the Cardiff Cathedral in Wales.
Type of documentation of superlative status: http://www.greenlantern.co.za/history.html
Location of coordinates: Van Reenen
Web Site: [Web Link]
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