After visited the Guangqi Park, we took the opportunity to visit the Xujiahui Cathedral which is just 5 minutes walking distance from the park. It is in the center of the busy place of Xujiahui. There are quite a number of high rise buildings surrounding this area.
The St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai, also referred to as Xujiahui Cathedral, is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral, located on Puxi Road, in the Xujiahui district of Shanghai, China.
It was designed by English architect William Doyle, and built by French Jesuits between 1905 and 1910, it is said to have once been known as "the grandest cathedral in the Far East."
Unfortunate for us was that this church is only open to visitors from 1.00pm. So we were not allowed to enter it but just took some photographs in front of the cathedral.
In front of the cathedral we saw quite some marriage couple dressed in wedding gowns taking photos in front of the cathedral. Seems like this cathedral is quite a famous one and there indeed were some tourists like us visiting it.
There is another building just beside this cathedral that is I believed used for the church administration.
Taken some family photo in front of this cathedral since too bad we are not able to enter it to enjoy the stained glass windows.
Definitely will find some other time to revisit this place and enter the cathedral.
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