Church sights in Nagasaki

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   Ōura Catholic Church

   • Nagasaki, Japan
   • Sights › Church

   This hilltop church, Japan's oldest (1865) is dedicated to the 26 Christians who were crucified in Nagasaki in 1597. It's more like a museum than a place of worship, with an ornate Gothic altar and bishop's chair, and an oil painting of the 26 martyrs. To pray for free, use the regular church across the street.

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   Urakami Cathedral

   • Nagasaki, Japan
   • Sights › Church

   Once the largest church in Asia (1914), the cathedral took three decades to complete and three seconds to flatten. This smaller replacement cathedral was completed in 1959 on the ruins of the original. Walk around the side of the hill to see one of the buttresses where the original building fell after the blast.

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