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Shengtang Catholic Church, Weizhou Island 涠洲岛圣堂Wéizhōu Dǎo Shèngtáng
4A scenic area · Beihai, Guangxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beihai
- Region
- Guangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Shengtang Catholic Church, Weizhou Island
A Gothic-style Catholic church in Shengtang village in the middle of Weizhou Island, built by missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and completed around 1880. It is described as the largest Catholic church on the Guangxi coast, and together with the smaller Chengzai church elsewhere on the island it is part of the national heritage listing of Beihai's modern buildings.
How to get to Shengtang Catholic Church, Weizhou Island
In Shengtang village a few kilometres north-east of Nanwan on Weizhou Island, reached by island minibus, motor tricycle or bicycle after the ferry from Beihai.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Weizhou Island (Nanwan & Crocodile Hill) 涠洲岛南湾鳄鱼山 (under 10 km).
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