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Mother of Grace Cathedral, Daming 大名天主堂Dàmíng Tiānzhǔtáng
National heritage site · Handan, Hebei
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Handan
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Mother of Grace Cathedral, Daming
A Gothic-style Catholic church built by French missionaries between 1918 and 1921 and still the cathedral of the Diocese of Daming, so it remains a place of worship rather than a museum. The cruciform building has a tower with a four-faced clock, an arched interior carried on fourteen stone columns, over a hundred coloured-glass windows and a large organ at the north end. It stands on East Street inside the old walled town, so it can be combined with a walk round the ancient city.
How to get to Mother of Grace Cathedral, Daming
On East Street inside Daming's walled town, about 0.7 km south-south-east of the north gate and about 69 km east-south-east of central Handan; as a working cathedral it may restrict entry during services.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Daming Ancient City 大名古城 (under 10 km), Daming Stone Carving Museum 大名县石刻博物馆 (under 10 km), Site of Damingfu Old City 大名府故城 (under 10 km), Cangjie Mausoleum, Nanle 仓颉陵 (20 km).
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