Sacred Heart Cathedral, located in Yide Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou. Sacred Heart Cathedral officially held a groundbreaking ceremony on June 1863, and was named Sacred Heart Cathedral. Built in 25 years, it is the most magnificent and distinctive cathedral in the Catholic diocese of Guangzhou. The Sacred Heart Cathedral in the stone chamber was designed by French designers and built by craftsmen in China.
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Stone Chamber is the largest church in the Catholic diocese of Guangzhou, one of the most magnificent Gothic buildings with two spires in China, and one of the four largest stone Gothic church buildings in the world (the other three are Notre Dame, Westminster Abbey and Cologne Cathedral). Because all the walls and columns of the church are made of granite, it is also called "stone house" or "stone house sacred heart church of Jesus" and "stone house Catholic church"
Architectural Style of Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shishi
Twin Towers 1
The facade of the Sacred Heart Cathedral of Shishi is a pair of towering minarets, symbolizing ascension to God. The steeple stands on the bell tower of the facade, which is the characteristic of Gothic church architecture style and the charm of architectural plastic arts. Inside is an arched dome with sharp edges and high forks. The spire is a hollow octagonal cone, made of stone, and there is a three-story building below. The spire climbs higher and steeper, and finally goes straight into the sky like a cone.
2. Stone chamber
In the usual Gothic architecture, stone pillars are generally called beams and columns, which feel like a bunch of columns tied together. From the appearance, the stone pillars in the stone room seem to be different from ordinary beams and columns. Every stone pillar here is made of a whole piece of granite, with perfect joints and precise tenons. Stones are bonded with tung oil and glutinous rice pulp.
3. Colored windows
There is a circular rose window with a diameter of nearly 7 meters on the main facade and the east-west facade of the church. All the doors and windows are inlaid with crimson, yellow, blue and green glass made in France. This kind of glass can avoid the strong light from the outside, keep the indoor light soft all year round, and form a kind of cordial and solemn religious atmosphere. This is one of the characteristics of Gothic churches.
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