Immaculate Conception of Changsha - Hunan Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Changsha, in the Kaifu district, is a neo-Gothic temple erected in the early 20th century by an Italian Franciscan missionary. Destroyed in the 1910 riots, it was rebuilt in 1911 and is the seat of the archdiocese of Changsha.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- Neogotic cross-plant temple, work of an Italian Franciscan missionary from the end of the Qing dynasty, in the Xiangchun alley of the Kaifu district.
- It was destroyed in the Changsha riots of 1910 and rebuilt in 1911; in December 2008 it celebrated its centenary.
- See of the archdiocese of Changsha, heir to the Apostolic Vicariate of Hunan erected in 1856 and raised to metropolitan headquarters in 1946.
- In 2002, the Hunan government declared it a protected historical and cultural site at the provincial level.
Immaculate Conception (Changsha)
It is the heart of Catholicism in Hunan: a metropolitan cathedral and survivor of riots, wars and persecutions for more than a century. Its neo-Gothic factory continues to host the cult of the local Catholic community.
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