Catholic Church

Hangzhou


This Catholic church has lovely stained glass windows and a compassionate effigy of Mary above the door. It's got quite the history – dating back to 1659, it has been converted to a Buddhist temple and then back to a Catholic Church, plus burned down and rebuilt twice.


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