Dongjiadu Cathedral

Dongjiadu Cathedral facade.

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Just outside Shanghai Old City and once known as St Francis Xavier Church, this magnificent whitewashed cathedral is Shanghai’s oldest church, built by Spanish Jesuits in 1853. A splendid sight, the church was located within a famously Catholic area of Shanghai and is generally open if you want to view the well-kept interior (ring the bell at the side door).

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