St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral

St. Joseph's Church, commonly known as Wangfujing Church or Dongtang, is an early 20th-century Romanesque Revival church that is one of the four historic Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Beijing.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church building in Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Church of St Joseph”, “Dongtang (St. Joseph’s Church)”, “St Joseph’s Church, Beijing”, and “St. Joseph’s Church, Beijing”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forbidden City and Beijing apm.

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The , located at the centre of , was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.

Shopping center
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, also known as Xindong'an Plaza, is a and office building at Wangfujing, , . It is a commercial property developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. is situated 400 metres south of St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral.

University
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Peking Union Medical College, concurrently known as the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, is a public medical college in , China. It is affiliated with the National Health Commission of China. is situated 740 metres southeast of St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donghuamen and Jingshan Subdistrict.

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Subdistrict is a subdistrict at the center of Dongcheng District, , . is located within this subdistrict. As of 2020, it has a total population of 38,090.

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is a subdistrict in Dongcheng District, , . It contains 8 communities. The subdistrict has a total area of 1.64 square kilometers, and as of 2020, it has a population of 25,374.

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Dongcheng District is in . It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.

St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral

Latitude
39.91595° or 39° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
116.40595° or 116° 24′ 21″ east
Open location code
8PFRWC84+99
Open­Street­Map ID
way 85902975
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1064185
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“St. Joseph’s Wangfujing Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “església de Sant Josep”
  • Catalan: “Església de Sant Josep”
  • Chinese: “东堂”
  • Chinese: “王府井天主堂”
  • Chinese: “王府井教堂”
  • Czech: “Kostel svatého Josefa”
  • Danish: “Josefskatedralen”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jozefkerk (Peking)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jozefkerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس يوسف”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo Sankta Jozefo”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Josefin Wangfujingin katedraali”
  • Finnish: “Wangfujingin katedraali”
  • French: “église Saint-Joseph de Wangfujing”
  • French: “Église Saint-Joseph de Wangfujing”
  • French: “Église Saint-Joseph”
  • German: “Josefskirche (Peking)”
  • German: “Josefskirche”
  • Hungarian: “Vangfucsing katedrális”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Yosef, Beijing”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Wangfujing”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Giuseppe”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Giuseppe”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Wangfujing”
  • Italian: “Dongtang”
  • Japanese: “王府井天主堂”
  • Korean: “왕푸징 천주당”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Józefa w Pekinie”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Józefa”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Sfântul Iosif din Beijing”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Sfântul Iosif”
  • Russian: “Собор святого Иосифа”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Иосифа”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San Jose”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de San José”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San José”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Yusuf Kilisesi (Pekin)”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Yusuf Kilisesi”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ جوزف چرچ، بیجنگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Thánh Giuse, Bắc Kinh”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Thánh Giuse”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include China Post and Wangfujing Street.

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