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Wanchin village, where 90% of the residents were Catholic (now 55% because of social changes), locates around Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (萬金聖母聖殿).
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Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (萬金聖母聖殿), built in 1870, the oldest exsiting Catholic church in Taiwan.
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Fernando Sainz 郭德剛神父, a Spanish Dominican missionary, came to Taiwan in 1859, built the first two Catholic churches, and made great contribution to settle the ethnic conflicts in southern Taiwan, among Hakka, Hoklo Taiwanese, and aborigines.
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the minor basilica’s most significant historical relics.
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the minor basilica’s most significant historical relics.
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Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (萬金聖母聖殿), built in 1870, the oldest exsiting Catholic church in Taiwan, and designated as the pontifical minor basilica since 1984.
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A wall painting about Wanchin's Madonna Procession, an annual celebration for more than a century, with more than 10,000 attendance each year.
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The institution of "Dominican Order" (道明會) in the Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
Jason CST:
Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (萬金聖母聖殿), built in 1870, the oldest exsiting Catholic church in Taiwan, and designated as the pontifical minor basilica since 1984.
Jason CST:
Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (萬金聖母聖殿), built in 1870, the oldest exsiting Catholic church in Taiwan, and designated as the pontifical minor basilica since 1984.
Jason CST:
Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (萬金聖母聖殿), built in 1870, the oldest exsiting Catholic church in Taiwan, and designated as the pontifical minor basilica since 1984.