Taiyuan Cathedral
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. It was founded in 1635 and rebuilt twice in 1870 and 1902, and it is the largest Catholic church building in Taiyuan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: building in China
- Also known as: “Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Taiyuan”, “Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan”, “圣母无原罪主教座堂”, and “太原总堂”
- Address: 解放路 174
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dabeimen station and Jihuying station.
Dabeimen station
Metro station
Photo: Kmchang28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dabeimen station is a metro station, which is situated 470 metres north of Taiyuan Cathedral.
Jihuying station
Metro station
Photo: Kmchang28, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jihuying station is a metro station, which is situated 580 metres south of Taiyuan Cathedral.
Chang Jing Lou
Photo: Brookqi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chang Jing Lou is situated 1½ km south of Taiyuan Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xinghua.
Xinghua
Suburb
Xinghua Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Wanbailin District, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People's Republic of China. As of 2011, it has ten residential communities under its administration. Xinghua is situated 3½ km west of Taiyuan Cathedral.
Taiyuan Cathedral
- Categories: cathedral, heritage site, historic site, place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Taiyuan, Shanxi, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.88356° or 37° 53′ 1″ northLongitude
112.55647° or 112° 33′ 23″ eastInception
1905Open location code
8P9JVHM4+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 806645819OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q10941041
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Taiyuan Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “太原圣母无染原罪主教座堂”
- Chinese: “太原天主堂”
- Chinese: “太原天主教堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية الحبل بلا دنس فى تاييوان”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Taiyuan”
- Japanese: “太原聖母無原罪大聖堂”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 万达广场 and Wanda Cinemas.
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