Ruins of Urakami Cathedral
When you look to the right facing the Ground zero Monument see a sectionof damaged brick
wall from the former Urakami Cathedral. The church was located about 500 m northeast of
theGround zero, on the same site as the modern refurbished Urakami Cathedral. The construction
of former building began in 1895 and continued until 1925, when the twin steeples reached
completion.
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Ruin of destroyed Urakami Cathedral |
Ruin of destroyed Urakami Cathedral |
Present Urakami Cathedral |
Known at that time as the largest church in Orient, the imposing red-brick structure was devastated
by the atomic bomb explosion, and a large number of parishioners were killed. In 1958, part of the
damaged eleven-meter-tall southern wall was moved to Nagasaki Peace Park. The new cathedral
was rebuilt in hornor of those lost. It was reconstructed to its present shape in 1959 and the brick
construction was renovated in 1980, a year before the Pope’s visit.
Location of Nagasaki-city
