Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church
Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church is a Catholic church located in Izmir, Turkey. It is located in Göztepe district. Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church, whose construction started in 1898 and took its name from the town of Lourdes in France, was completed in 1902. Renovation works were carried out in the church in 1968 and 2000. In 2012, the church hosted a recital for the first time. In the church, where the majority of the congregation is French, services are held in French and Italian. The Latin cross planned church has a single nave. The bema is in the east and has a dome roof. There are statues of Jesus and Mary in the corners of the bema. There is a rectangular bell tower in the northeast corner of the church. The church, whose interior and exterior are simple, is devoid of decorations. The chancel part is designed similar to the cave in Lourdes, where it is believed that the Virgin Mary appeared in 1858. The church has a capacity of seventy-five people.
