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Saint Cross Church | |
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菁寮聖十字架天主堂
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23°22′42.0″N 120°20′23.2″E / 23.378333°N 120.339778°E / 23.378333; 120.339778 | |
Location | Houbi, Tainan, Taiwan |
Denomination | Catholic |
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Architect(s) | Gottfried Boehm |
Architectural type | church |
The Saint Cross Church (traditional Chinese: 菁寮聖十字架天主堂; simplified Chinese: 菁寮圣十字架天主堂; pinyin: Jīngliáoshèng Shízìjià Tiānzhǔtáng) is a church in Jingliao Village, Houbi District, Tainan, Taiwan.
The church was designed in the 1950s.[1] In 1955, German priest Eric Jansen who was stationed in the village decided to build a Catholic church.[2]
Designed by German architect Gottfried Boehm, the church building consists of four parts, which are pyramid chapel, coned bell tower, basilica and holy shrine.[3] Towers of the four parts were built with aluminum-covered cypress.[4] At each of the tower tip lies a representative totem. The church features a dormitory and a kindergarten within the same compound. The church has also a small museum depicting the history of the church from its founding.
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