Ruins of St. Paul's Church of St. Paul is the anterior sites, Macau is famous landmarks. The original church by an Italian Jesuit priest design, the Japanese craftsmen of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial Technology to help build. Foundation in 1602, completed in 1637, and before long the church in a little stone ??. The church and fire established bond, from its initial prototype, to present only the anterior wall of St. Paul, has experienced three fires, repeatedly burning building repeatedly, is a living history see. Jan 26, 1835 in the evening, St. Paul's church on fire, out of control and burned More than an hour, almost the entire building of the church put a torch, but fortunately most valuable anterior church still stand to preserve and became today's big three of St. Paul Pakistan, on several occasions during the repairs, the most recent large-scale maintenance projects in 1991 Carried out. The building was St. Paul's Church, the old Europe Renaissance art and architecture styles from the East, the broad front of the church's 68 long stone steps, but also highlighted the prominent and differentiate the momentum. Bao St. Paul church, upon completion, have a good reputation in the Far East, it is not only the largest Catholic church in the Far East, the Far East is also the first university in the West, many Western missionaries have The training of Catholic justice, such as the Ming Dynasty, when the Italian missionary Matteo Ricci, Germany, and other well-known figure missionaries Schall. Chinese and Western, fine carvings, is the single largest cost of three Palestinians of St. Paul, 300 years ago has reached 32,000 silver. Ruins of St. Paul tour, in addition to enjoy the spectacular towering anterior but also Browse carefully exquisite wall relief, which includes a deep religious significance. The layers from the top of St. Paul, was a superior crosses, and then the next three points, each of the niche are in possession of a bronze statue, Macao is the early years of gun-casting factories. Cross is on a dove-shaped copper , Is said to be representative of the Holy Spirit, as there's next to the Wai Sun, Moon and stars of the stone, a symbol of Our Lady of pregnancy-ching moment of time. Copper dove under a statue of Jesus El Nino, the next moment as a useful tool to crucify Jesus. The third layer of the middle of a carved mother of virginity Like, next to the two ? ? around the flowers are chrysanthemums and peonies, the former representative of China, the latter on behalf of Japan. Left of the statue is also engraved with 'eternal' public, 'a Portuguese sailing and a hideous face of a' devil '. Bears to the right on behalf of the Tree of Life and Our Lady of the devil to conquer and punctured his skull images, as Justice over the death. The third layer of the following are a niche, there are four saints statue of Jesus. St. Paul's at the bottom of the door there are three sides, facing the door on Latin engraved with the words MAT-ER DEI, which means' God 'of Notre Dame, on both sides of the door engraved with the marks of Jesus "IHS". From the Ruins of St. Paul Near the fortress under the Castle Point, you can see the whole track of the original church and the square behind some of the stone.
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