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Suriname

Traditions present: Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Protestantism

Five places written in Suriname. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.

Places
5
written
Traditions
5
present
Regions
2
regions, cities
English
5
pages translated
Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo · Paramaribo · CatholicismMosque Keizerstraat, Paramaribo · Paramaribo District · IslamNeveh Shalom Synagogue, Paramaribo · Paramaribo District · JudaismArya Dewaker Hindu Temple, Paramaribo · Paramaribo District · HinduismCentrumkerk Reformed Church, Paramaribo · Paramaribo District · ProtestantismSURINAMEN

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Catholicism · Paramaribo · đặt đá ngày 1/1/1883, thánh hiến năm 1885 hoặc 1887, trùng tu xong năm 2010, nâng làm vương cung thánh đường năm 2014Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, ParamariboKathedrale Basiliek van Sint Petrus en Paulus, Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskathedraal, Wooden Cathedral of Paramaribo

The Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Paramaribo, with its cornerstone laid in 1883, built entirely of greenheart and cedar wood as one of the largest wooden churches in South America, housing the tomb of Blessed Peerke Donders within the Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2002).

Part of the Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, UNESCO World Heritage Site (2002, ref. 940), Minor Basilica (basilica minor, 2014)Henck Arronstraat (tên cũ Gravenstraat), Paramaribo

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Photo: -JvL- from Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Islam · Paramaribo District · Hiệp hội Hồi giáo Suriname (SIV) thành lập năm 1929; thánh đường gỗ đầu tiên dựng năm 1932; đại thánh đường bê tông trắng bốn tháp hiện tại do kiến trúc sư Theodoor Boogers thiết kế, đặt đá năm 1979 và khánh thành năm 1984Mosque Keizerstraat, ParamariboMoskee Keizerstraat, SIV-moskee, Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging Mosque, Keizerstraat Mosque

The flagship sanctuary of the Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging (SIV) and one of the largest mosques in the Caribbean region, standing at Keizerstraat 88 within the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, completed in 1984 to an Indo-Mughal design by architect Theodoor Boogers with four 29-meter minarets and celebrated worldwide for standing directly beside the Neveh Shalom Synagogue as a living emblem of interfaith harmony.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (within the Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, inscribed in 2002, Ref. 940rev) and Central Mosque of the Surinaamse Islamitische Vereniging (SIV)Keizerstraat 88, Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname

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Photo: Sharmil2672, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Judaism · Paramaribo District · Khu đất được mua năm 1716 và dựng giáo đường đầu tiên năm 1719 tới 1723; chuyển giao cho cộng đồng Ashkenazi năm 1735; tòa giáo đường gỗ tân cổ điển hiện tại do kiến trúc sư J.F. Halfhide thiết kế, khởi công năm 1835 và khánh thành ngày 10 tháng 5 năm 1837Neveh Shalom Synagogue, ParamariboSynagoge Neveh Shalom, Neve Shalom Synagogue, Oasis of Peace Synagogue Paramaribo

The sole active synagogue of the Jewish community in the Republic of Suriname, located at Keizerstraat 82 directly beside the Keizerstraat Mosque in the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, rebuilt in white-painted tropical timber between 1835 and 1837 by architect J.F. Halfhide over a 1719 foundation and renowned for its traditional white sand-strewn floor, mahogany Torah Ark, and eighteenth-century brass chandeliers.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (within the Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, inscribed in 2002, Ref. 940rev) and National Historic Monument of the Republic of SurinameKeizerstraat 82, Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname

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Photo: Siritjo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Hinduism · Paramaribo District · Hội Arya Dewaker thành lập ngày 29 tháng 9 năm 1929; đền thờ giảng đường đầu tiên dựng năm 1936; đại đền thờ hình bát giác hai tầng hiện tại do kiến trúc sư Jimmy Tjong Akiet thiết kế và khánh thành trọng thể ngày 11 tháng 2 năm 2001Arya Dewaker Hindu Temple, ParamariboArya Dewaker Mandir, Hoofdtempel van de Vereniging Arya Dewaker, Noble Sun Vedic Temple Paramaribo

The largest Hindu temple in the Republic of Suriname and headquarters of the Vedic reform association Arya Dewaker (founded in 1929), standing on Johan Adolf Pengelstraat in Paramaribo and inaugurated on February 11, 2001 to a two-story octagonal mandala design by architect Jimmy Tjong Akiet, distinguished by its strictly aniconic interior centered on a sacred Vedic fire altar (Havan Kund) surrounded by walls and ceilings inscribed with Sanskrit mantras.

Central Temple (Hoofdmandir) of the Vereniging Arya Dewaker and Largest Hindu Sanctuary in the Republic of SurinameJohan Adolf Pengelstraat 10 (corner of Wanicastraat), Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname

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Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Protestantism · Paramaribo District · Giáo đoàn thành lập năm 1668; nhà thờ mái vòm bát giác Koepelkerk xây dựng năm 1740 tới 1747; nhà thờ năm 1810 bị thiêu rụi trong đại hỏa hoạn ngày 21 tháng 1 năm 1821; tòa nhà thờ tân cổ điển hiện tại xây dựng từ năm 1833 tới 1835 theo thiết kế của Augustus Nicolaas Bichon VisserCentrumkerk Reformed Church, ParamariboHervormde Centrumkerk, Groote Kerk van Paramaribo, Koepelkerk Kerkplein, Dutch Reformed Central Church Paramaribo

The historic mother church of the Dutch Reformed Church in Suriname standing at the center of Kerkplein in the UNESCO World Heritage Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, rebuilt between 1833 and 1835 in Neoclassical and colonial timber style after the Great Fire of 1821 on the site of the eighteenth-century octagonal Koepelkerk, preserving carved eighteenth-century marble ledger tombstones in its floor, a mahogany pulpit, and a historic pipe organ.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (central landmark of the Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, inscribed in 2002, Ref. 940rev) and Historic Mother Church of the Dutch Reformed Church in SurinameKerkplein 1, Historic Inner City of Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Republic of Suriname

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Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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  • 24/10/2026Completed three major initiatives on the same day: (1) Verified primary international sources and published the remaining 199 full English editions across 192 countries and territories, officially completing Stage D with 100% bilingual Vietnamese and English coverage across the entire library. (2) Visually verified and published 35 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for 22 sites in Vietnam and 13 international sanctuaries. (3) Authored 100 new bilingual sacred place monographs with real photographs for Stage C across 25 countries and territories (South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Canada and Mexico), expanding each from 1 to 5 places and bringing the library to 761 sacred places.
  • 30/09/2026Sourced, visually verified and published 24 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for the fourth batch of Stage A across the Gulf, maritime Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Oceania, from the Malé Friday Mosque, Sulayman-Too and Old Orhei to the Temple in the Sea, Ambohimanga and the Grand Mosque of Agadez.
  • 29/09/2026Officially opened the doors of Hall of Myriad Paths to readers worldwide as a living spiritual library that grows every day. On the same day, authored 60 new Stage A sacred place monographs across 60 countries in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the Balkans, the Gulf, Central Asia, European microstates, Africa, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean (including Roskilde Cathedral, Hallgrímskirkja, the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius, Ostrog Monastery, Malé Friday Mosque, Sulayman-Too, Old Orhei, the Temple in the Sea and Ambohimanga), while verifying and publishing 59 openly licensed photographs for the second and third batches.
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