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The Immaculate Conception Cathedral [1] (無原罪の聖母司教座聖堂) also St. Mary's Cathedral, [2] [3] often known as Urakami Cathedral (Japanese: 浦上天主堂, romanized: Urakami Tenshudō) after its location Urakami, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Motoomachi, Nagasaki, Japan.
In 1891 it was designated the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Nagasaki (now the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki). Ōura Cathedral was designated as a National Treasure in 1933. [ 5 ] During World War II , the cathedral was damaged by the atomic bomb on August 9, 1945 , but avoided collapse and burning due to being relatively far from the ...
Atom-bombed Mary in the Urakami Cathedral. Atom-bombed Mary (Hibaku no Maria), also known as Our Lady of Nagasaki or the Virgin of Nagasaki, is the head from a wooden statue of Mary, mother of Jesus from a cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan. The statue survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in August 1945, but was severely damaged as a result of the ...
It’s fitting that Pope Francis will start his first official visit to Japan in Nagasaki, the city where Christianity first took hold in the country and where nearly 500 years later it remains ...
Bakumatsu period cathedral; National Treasure, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region [5] Ōura Church Precinct 32°45′01″N 129°52′40″E / 32.75025555°N 129.87780277°E / 32.75025555; 129.87780277 ( Ōura Church
Ōura Cathedral of 1864 is the first of the churches built in subsequent years. [ 4 ] On 30 June 2018, thanking UNESCO for the admission in the World Heritage List, the then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe publicly declared that the Hidden Christian Sites "convey the 'shape' of a faith that is unique to Japan and they are truly unparalleled worldwide ...
An estimated 210,000 people died, either immediately or over time, as a result of the bombs dropped in 1945 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively.
The iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is scheduled to reopen on Saturday, Dec. 7, after a massive fire caused significant structural damage — including a collapsed roof — in April 2019 ...