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Macao, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870. The Ruins of St. Paul's, Macau, 1870. The Ruinous Church of St. Paul, Which Stands Adjacent to the Mount Fortress Was First Constructed in 1580 by the Jesuit Mission, and Then Rebuilt from 1602. The Baroque-Style Stone Facade Was Completed in 1627 by a Group of Exiled Japanese Christians. The Church Was Burned down in 1835. The Surviving Facade, with Its Four Tiers of Colonnades, is Covered with Carvings and Statues That Eloquently Illustrate the Early Days of the Christian Church in Asia, and is Regarded by Many as a Perfect Fusion of Western and Eastern Cultures. There Are Statues of the Virgin and Saints, Symbols of the Garden of Eden and the Crucifixion, Angels and the Devil, a Chinese Dragon and a Japanese Chrysanthemum, a Portuguese Sailing Ship and Pious Warnings Inscribed in Chinese: 18836i
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Resumo
Wellcome Library, London. Series: Iconographic Collections. Photographer: J. Thomson.
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