Sacred Heart Cathedral (石室圣心大教堂) Multi-cache
Sacred Heart Cathedral (石室圣心大教堂)
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The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Chinese: 耶穌聖心主教座堂) also known as Stone House (Chinese: 石室) by local, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Guangzhou (Canton), South China. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou (Canton). The cathedral is located at 56 Yide Lu (or Yat Tak Road), Guangzhou. It is on the north bank of the Pearl River and stands at the heart of the busy old town.
Construction of the foundation began on June 28, 1861, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, and concluded in 1863. On December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, with surrounding Chinese houses and streets decorated, a grand ceremony was held, attended by the Viceroy of Liangguang (兩廣總督), all senior Mandarins, a detachment of 300 Tartars, all consuls in Canton as well as the missionaries and a score of priests. The cathedral was finished in 1888 after 25 years of construction.
The facade of the cathedral was modelled on the Basilica of St. Clotilde in Paris and its nave and apse were inspired by the Toul Cathedral. The cathedral features a nave of approximately 27 metres high, flanked by two lower aisles and 14 small side-chapels. With a floor area of 2,754 square metres, it is the largest Roman Catholic church in the Guangzhou archdiocese and the largest cathedral in the Gothic style in China and Southeast Asia. The cathedral is 35 metres wide, 78.69 metres long, and the twin towers rise 58.5 metres high. The west tower is a clock tower while the east tower serves as a bell tower, inside which there used to be five gigantic bronze bells shipped in from France in the 19th century, although nowadays only four remain as one was given to a local church in Guangxi province in the early 1980s.
This is a 2-stage multicache.
First, at listed coordinate, you will see a 4-digit number "ABCD" under "Jerusalem" on the wall.
Second, please go north (A+4xB+3xC+2xD)m, you will find the nano cache there! THE CACHE IS OUTSIDE THE CATHEDRAL. AND PLEASE BE STEALTH!
Current Mass Times
Weekdays: 06:45 (Cantonese)
Saturday: 06:45 (Cantonese), 16:00 (Korean), 19:30 (Mandarin)
Sunday: 07:00 (Cantonese), 08:30 (Cantonese), 10:30 (Mandarin), 15:30 (English)
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