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Preferred term

Nagasaki (JPN), Oura church  

Synonym(s)

  • Nagasaki (JPN), Church of the Twenty-six Martyrs
  • Nagasaki (JPN), Martyrs Church
  • Nagasaki (JPN), Oura Catholic Church

Note

  • Date: 1863-1865

Scope note

  • Oldest church in Japan (1863-65), rebuilt after WWII; only Western style bldg. in the country that is a national treasure; in memory of the 26 martyrs who died in Nagasaki in 1597; aka the Martyrs church. NOT the same as the Urakami church which is in the Peace Park.

Notation

  • 78983

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/BQ7-CWBFTCKL-1

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