Tag architecture , latest pics from Pictures Of China

Cathedral in Qingdao

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Cathedral in Qingdao

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Cathedral in Qingdao

St. Michael's Cathedral in Qingdao

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT

St. Michael's Cathedral in Qingdao

Cathedral in Qingdao

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Cathedral in Qingdao

St. Michael's Cathedral in Qingdao

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT

St. Michael's Cathedral in Qingdao
St. Michael's Cathedral is the product of a strong German presence in Shandong Province in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the mid-19th century the European powers forcibly opened China to foreign trade. The Divine Word Missionaries built a church in the Jiaozhou Bay concession in Shandong in 1902, and in 1934 erected the cathedral, which remained nominally under their administration until 1964. In 1942 it came under the control of the Japanese Army, returning to Chinese control when the Japanese left Qingdao in 1945. In the early 1950s, all foreign missionaries, including the Bishop of Qingdao, were either imprisoned or expelled from China, and during the Cultural Revolution (1966�1976) the cathedral was defaced and abandoned. In 1981, it was repaired by the government and reopened for services, and in 1992 it was listed as a Provincial Historic Building by the government of Shandong Province.

God in Qingdao

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT

God in Qingdao

Qingdao Cathedral

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT

Qingdao Cathedral

Art Deco building

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:00:00 GMT

Art Deco building
Qingdao used to be a German city

Church and street light

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:00:00 GMT

Church and street light

Old colonial house

Wed, 04 May 2011 13:00:00 GMT

Old colonial house