Santa Cecilia facts for kids

Santa Cecilia (English: Saint Cecilia) may refer to:

Places

Brazil

• Santa Cecília, Santa, Catarina, a city
• Santa Cecília (district of São Paulo), a district of the city of São Paulo and a neighbourhood within the district
• Santa Cecília, Paraíba, a municipality
• Santa Cecília do Pavão, Paraná, a municipality
• Santa Cecília do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, a municipality
• Santa Cecília, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, a neighbourhood of the city of Porto Alegre

Spain

• Santa Cecilia, Province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain, a municipality
• Santa Cecilia del Alcor, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain, a municipality
• Santa Cecília de Voltregà, Osona, Catalonia, Spain, a municipality

Elsewhere

• Santa Cecilia District, La Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica
• Santa Cecilia, Sucumbíos, Ecuador, a village - see Santa Cecilia Airport
• Santa Cecilia, a town in the municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico, Mexico - see Santa Cecilia Acatitlan

Buildings

• Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy
• Santa Cecilia Chapel, a 16th-century Roman Catholic chapel deconsecrated in 1644, Gozo, Malta, near Santa Cecilia Tower
• Santa Cecilia Tower, a 17th-century tower in Gozo, Malta
• Santa Cecília de Elins, a former Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Montferrer i Castellbò, Catalonia, Spain
• Santa Cecília de Montserrat, a Benedictine monastery in Marganell, Catalonia, Spain

Music

• La Santa Cecilia, an American band
• Santa Cecilia Academy, or Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, a music institution in Rome, Italy
• Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, an Italian orchestra
• Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia, a Spanish orchestra founded in 2001
• Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, a conservatory in Rome
• Auditorium Santa Cecilia, part of Parco della Musica, a music complex in Rome, Italy

Ships

• Santa Cecilia-class freighter, a US Navy ship class
  • USS Santa Cecilia, lead ship of the class, originally the freighter SS Santa Cecilia
• Spanish ship Santa Cecilia, originally the frigate HMS Hermione, handed over to the Spanish in 1797 after a mutiny
• USAT John L. Clem, named Santa Cecilia from 1932 to 1936

Other uses

• Santa Cecília (São Paulo Metro), Brazil, a railway station
• Santa Cecilia Airport, Santa Cecilia, Sucumbíos Province, Ecuador
• Deportivo Santa Cecilia, a Nicaraguan football team

See also

In Spanish: Santa Cecilia para niños