St. Joseph's Church, Jinan (), locally known as St. Joseph's Church, Chenjialou (), is an early 20th-century

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Catholic church in

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History

The St. Joseph's Church was originally built in 1660 and was the second Catholic church in

, after the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jinan. In 1907,

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Italian priest rebuilt the church in Chenjialou with a

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style. In 2007, it was inscribed as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Jinan government.

References

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