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Oura Tenshudo Oura Cathedral

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　The Edo Shogunate1858By signing free trade treaties with five countries in 1999, Nagasaki became one of their trading ports. Therefore, a foreign settlement was created in Nagasaki. This church isIt was built for foreign residents and is the oldest existing church building in Japan.

 

　It was dedicated to the 26 Holy Martyrs of Japan, who had just been canonized. The design was guided by French missionaries Fathers Furet and Petitjean, and the construction was carried out on a small mountain in Amakusa (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture).Hide Koyama. twenty fourIt was completed at the end of the year and celebrated in February of the following year. Immediately after this, in March, the Hidden Christians of Urakami visited this area and made a confession of faith, setting the stage for a dramatic ``discovery of believers'' unprecedented in the history of world religions.

 

　The church building was enlarged and renovated in 1875 and 1879, changing its plan and exterior design, and the exterior walls were also made of brick instead of wood.It was changed to a structure. However, the main part of the interior space has been preserved as it was when it was first built.


 
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Nagasaki city center area (Peace Park, Mt. Inasa, Glover Garden, etc.)
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Designated category National treasure
Designated date March 28, 3
Location 5-3 Minamiyamatecho, Nagasaki City
owner Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki
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