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A Gothic church whose altar was a gift from Pope Benedict XV, on a slope where Orthodox, Anglican and Catholic churches stand together.
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Catholic Motomachi Church is a church and its sanctuary of the Catholic Diocese of Sapporo in Hakodate, Hokkaido. It is one of the three churches representing Motomachi, Hakodate. Its origin is said to be the temporary chapel set up in 1859 (Ansei 6) by Mermet-Cachon, a priest of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, or the temporary chapel set up by the French priests Mounicou and Ambruster, who came to Hakodate in 1867 (Keio 3); the French priest Marin is said to have built the first wooden church in 1877 (Meiji 10).
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Founded / opened：1924 Highlights / collection：Altar donated by the Pope Genre：Architecture, Antique art and Buddhist art
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