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What are the famous churches in China?
Xujiahui Catholic Church is a famous Catholic Church in China, located at No.0/58 Puxi Road, Xujiahui, Shanghai, China. It is the Anglican Church of the Catholic Shanghai Diocese, officially named "St. ignatius's Church", next to the Bishop's House and the convent of the Catholic Shanghai Diocese, and its architectural style is medieval Gothic.

Sophia Cathedral in Harbin. 1903, with the completion and opening of the Middle East Railway, the Russians deployed a division as a railway guard, and in 1907, a wooden embedded church-Hagia Sophia Church was built in Harbin.

Qingdao Catholic Church, whose real name is Saint Mir's Church, was designed by German designer Biluha according to Gothic and Romanesque architectural styles. The proposed church should be 100 meters high, which coincides with the outbreak of World War II. Hitler banned the outflow of funds from Germany, so the church had to revise the drawings, that is, build it to its present scale. The church was founded in 1932 and completed in 1934. The tower is 56 meters high, which was the tallest building in Shandong Province before the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is the only dedicated church in China.

Guangzhou Shishi Sacred Heart Cathedral

The most magnificent cathedral in the Catholic diocese of Guangzhou. 186 1 year, Prince Gong Yixin signed an additional agreement with the French government to build Sacred Heart Cathedral in Guangzhou, which was approved by Emperor Xianfeng. The church was built in 1863 and completed in 1888. It took 25 years to complete, with a history of 130 years. Because all the walls and columns of the church are made of granite, it is also called "stone chamber" or "stone sacred heart church of Jesus" or "stone Catholic church" It is 58.5 meters high from the ground to the spire. It is one of the most magnificent existing Gothic buildings with two spires in China, the largest stone structure Catholic building in Southeast Asia and one of the four largest stone structure Gothic church buildings in the world. It cost 400,000 francs. The French designed Notre Dame de Paris in the east, imitating Saint Clottu de Paris and integrating China elements.

Jinan red chamber cathedral. Located next to the old school of Shandong University, Honglou Catholic Church is a classic combination of Gothic architecture and Jinan traditional style. It was designed by Austrian monk Xiang. 190 1 started construction, 1904 was completed, 1906 was expanded into a gothic building, and the church area was expanded 1625. The Red Chamber Church was the largest church in North China before the completion of Saint Neil. The church is huge and magnificent, with a Latin cross on the plane and a typical Gothic architectural style on the facade.