The Immaculate Conception Cathedral, also known as St. Mary's Cathedral or Urakami Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Motoomachi district of Nagasaki, Japan. Construction of the original brick Neo-Romanesque building began in 1895 and finished in 1925, when its twin 64 meter spires made it the largest Christian structure in the Asia-Pacific region. On August 9, 1945, the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki detonated only about 500 meters away in Urakami and completely destroyed the cathedral. A new reinforced concrete cathedral was completed by October 1959 on the same site, and brick tiles were added in 1980 to recall the appearance of the original French-influenced design. The rebuilt cathedral serves today both as a place of worship for Nagasaki's Catholic community and as a memorial to the victims of the bombing.
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The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (無原罪の聖母司教座聖堂), also St. Mary's Cathedral, and often known as Urakami Cathedral (浦上天主堂, Urakami Tenshudō; Japanese pronunciation: [ɯ.ɾa.ka.mʲi | teɰ̃.ɕɯ.doː]) after its location Urakami, is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Motoomachi, Nagasaki, Japan.
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