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St. John's Cathedral, Korea
St. John's Church ( ko, 성요한성당), also known as Bundang Church ( ko, 분당성당), is a Roman Catholic church located in Bundang, Seongnam, South Korea. Founded in 1993, it was constructed as a mixture of both modern as well as Gothic architecture, gothic-style architecture. It features a replica of Pietà (Michelangelo), Michelangelo's Pietà; one of only three in the world officially authorized by the Holy See, Vatican. The church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Suwon, Diocese of Suwon. The church has a unique stairway, spiral stairway (instead of stairs) that features an accompanying spiraling mural which begins with the biblical story of creation in Book of Genesis, Genesis at the base of the walkway, including the life events of Jesus, His Passion (Christianity), Passion and ending with illustrations from the Acts of the Apostles. The building was one of the churches to host the Sistine Choir on its first visit to South Korea in 2017. See also * Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seongnam
Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city located immediately southeast of Seoul and belongs to the Seoul Capital Area. Seongnam, the first planned city in Korea's history, was conceived during the era of President Park Chung-Hee for the purpose of industrializing the nation by concentrating electronic, textile, and petrochemical facilities there during the 1970s and 1980s. The city featured a network of roads, to Seoul and other major cities, from the early 1970s on. Today, Seongnam has merged with the metropolitan network of Seoul. Bundang, one of the districts in Seongnam, was developed in the 1990s. To accelerate the dispersion of Seoul's population to its suburbs and relieve the congested Seoul metropolitan area, the Korean government has provided stimulus packages to lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
