• Source: Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel, Shamian Island

The Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel, Shamian Island (simplified Chinese: 沙面露德圣母堂; traditional Chinese: 沙面露德聖母堂; pinyin: Shāmiàn Lùdé Shèngmǔtáng; Jyutping: Saa1min2 Lou6dak1 Sing3mou5tong4) is a 20th-century gothic church. It is located in Shamian, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.




History


The church was built in 1890 by the French government. During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, religious activities in the church was forced to cease. After the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, according to a policy of some religious freedom, it was officially reopened to the public on December 8, 1982. It was repaired and renovated before the 2010 Asian Games.




See also


Dongshan Church (Guangzhou)




References

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• Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel, Shamian Island
• Shamian
• Our Lady of Lourdes Church
• French colonial architecture
• Dongshan Church (Guangzhou)
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou
• Guangzhou