The İtalyan Katolik Latin Kilisesi, resting on fourteen columns, stands on Mithat Paşa Caddesi in İskenderun. Kapuçin friars founded the church at the beginning of the 1600s, and the building went through a major restoration in 1888. It holds services every day of the week.

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Climate
Across Hatay as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.1 °C in January to 27.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, June and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (197 mm) and lightest in July (16 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).Checked: September 22, 2026