Sacred Heart Cathedral (Guangzhou)

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
The southern front façadeMap
Traditional Chinese耶穌主教座堂
Simplified Chinese耶稣主教座堂
Literal meaningJesus's Sacred Heart Cathedral
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYēsū Shèngxīn Zhǔjiàozuòtáng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingYe4sou1 Sing3sam1 Zyu2gaau3zo6tong4
The Stone House
Chinese
Literal meaningStone Room
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShíshì
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSek⁶-sat¹

The Sacred Heart Cathedral, properly the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and also known as the Stone Chamber or Stone House by locals,[2] is a Gothic Revival Roman Catholic cathedral in Guangzhou, China. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Guangzhou. The cathedral is located at 56 Yide Road (in Chinese: 一德路56号), on the north bank of the Pearl River at the heart of the old district. It is one of the few cathedrals in the world to be entirely built of granite, including all the walls, pillars, and the twin towers.

  1. ^ "Stone House to Reopen in October at the Earliest", Life of Guangzhou, 10 August 2006, retrieved 2 February 2009.
  2. ^ Southern Metropolis Daily, cited at Life of Guangzhou.[1]