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Jiaxing Catholic Church and Vincent Abbey 嘉兴天主堂Jiāxīng Tiānzhǔtáng
National heritage site · Jiaxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiaxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jiaxing Catholic Church and Vincent Abbey
A brick church in simplified Gothic style with twin bell towers 37 m high, built in 1917–30 to the design of the Italian Vincentian priest Angelo-Joseph Asinelli and for long the tallest building in Jiaxing. Its roof and fittings were wrecked during the Cultural Revolution, and the church was restored in 2020–21, when the ground around it was opened up as a public lawn beside the Zicheng site park. The same listing covers Vincent Abbey, the Vincentians' seminary built in 1902–03 with arcaded wings, about 2 km to the north-east on Guangming Street.
How to get to Jiaxing Catholic Church and Vincent Abbey
At 55 Ziyang Street in the old city centre, about 1.3 km south-west of Jiaxing railway station and next to the Zicheng site park.
Nearby
- Wuzhen Water Town 乌镇 20 km
Stone bridges and lantern-lit canals in a water town that's best after dark - Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 40 km
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Also within 20 km: Zicheng Citadel Site Park 嘉兴子城 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Shen Junru 沈钧儒故居 (under 10 km), South Lake (Nanhu), Jiaxing 南湖 (under 10 km), Xiangjiadang Lake 湘家荡 (under 10 km), Majiabang Site and Museum 马家浜遗址 (under 10 km), Meihuazhou 梅花洲 (10 km).
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