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A Catholic church in Yujing dedicated to Our Lady, Cause of Our Joy (吾樂之緣聖母), originally established in 1959 by the Spanish Dominican priest Yuè Zhìyuān (岳峙淵). The current Chinese palace-style building was designed by engineer Fàn Jìmíng (范紀明) with a tower adapted from a Spanish bell tower into a Chinese pagoda form, and consecrated on September 8, 1962. It was designated the first official pilgrimage site of the Diocese of Tainan and, situated in the diocese’s only mountainous area, its highest church above sea level.
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- Catholic Tainan Diocese (天主教台南教區)
- Scholastica (隱身巷弄的天堂)
- Backpacker Daddy (老爹背包客)
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- Christianity in Taiwan (臺灣基督教)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.