Visiting Catholic Miuracho Church, Sasebo

After visiting Ishidake observatory, we headed to the nearest spot, Catholic Miuracho Church⛪ 

In 1891, the Sasebo Naval Base was established and Sasebo developed as a military port. As the area developed, the number of Christians increased, and Sasebo Church was founded in 1899. With the further development of the military capital, the current church was built on October 1, 1930, in the relocated Miuracho through the efforts of the third-generation chief priest, Asagoro Wakita.  

It's a beautiful Gothic building, but both the designer and the builder are unknown😄 

During the World War Two, it was persecuted by the military as a pagan, and the building was even painted black with coal tar to make it a target for air raids😨

Entrance stairs. It is in front of Sasebo Station, but hilltop. You have to go up three stairs, like a really steep cliff💦😢

The image is downloading from mock5130's blog on Ameblo.

The statue of Virgin Mary. She loves you very much😀