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One of Japan's few all-stone churches, whose congregation quarried the sandstone themselves and took ten years to build it.
About this place
Kashiragashima Church is a Catholic church in Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki, Japan. The church was first constructed in 1887 as a wooden church but it was renovated and moved to its current location in 1918. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2018 along with the western side of Kashigarashima. It forms part of the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region World Heritage Site.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1919 Architect / artist：Yosuke Tetsukawa Highlights / collection：Important Cultural Property all-stone church, Built by believers who quarried the stone Genre：Architecture
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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