Urakami Cathedral, in Nagasaki, constructed in 1914
Construction of the original Urakami Cathedral, a brick Romanesque building, began in 1895,
after a long-standing ban on Christianity was lifted.
When completed in 1914, it was the largest Catholic church in East Asia.
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The Atomic bomb dropped on August 9, 1945 explored in Urakami, only 500m from the cathedral,
which was completely destroyed.