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NagasakiShrines & TemplesThe oldest surviving Christian building in Japan, and a National Treasure. In 1865 hidden Christians declared their faith to a priest here, an event known as the Discovery of the Believers. For two hundred and fifty years the faith had been passed on without a single priest.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesA stone church. Villages and churches of the hidden Christians are scattered across the Goto Islands, and together they make up a World Cultural Heritage site.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesThe islanders laid the brick themselves. The floor is tiled with Arita ware.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesNagasakiShrines & TemplesA stone church, unusual in Japan. The congregation quarried the stone from their own island.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesTwenty-six people were executed on the hill at Nishizaka. Pilgrims come here from all over the world.
NagasakiShrines & TemplesIt collapsed in the atomic bombing. The scorched statues and the bell tower were kept.
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NagasakiShrines & TemplesThe congregation laid the brick themselves. An Important Cultural Property.
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NagasakiShrines & TemplesThe first church built in the Goto Islands. It exhibits material on the hidden Christians.
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