2017-02-20
Santo Nome
Ruínas da Catedral de São Paulo
Ruins of Saint Paul’s Cathedral
Historic City Centre
Macau
Special Territory, China
中國 澳門 大三巴牌坊
2014.02.14
© Alton Thompson 唐博敦
Cathedral constructed 1582-1602
Façade constructed 1620-1627
Cathedral destroyed in fire 1835
Three Latin characters represent the name of Yeshua (ישוע, Jesus) in Greek: Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous). Carvings by Japanese Christian artisans.
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