Province Taiwan Province Architectural type Church | Phone +886 8 783 2005 | |
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Location Wanluan, Pingtung County, Taiwan Completed May 1863 (original building)
1870 (current building) Address No. 24, Wanxing Rd, Wanluan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan 923 Similar Holy Rosary Cathedral, Dapeng Bay, Taimu Mountain, Cape Eluanbi, National Museum of Marine Bi | ||
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The Wanchin Church (Chinese: 萬金聖母聖殿; pinyin: Wànjīn Shèngmǔ Shèngdiàn) is a church in Wanjin Village, Wanluan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.
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History
The Parish in Wanchin is established by Dominican Order. The church was originally constructed as a simple mud church in May 1863. On 13 October 1865, the church was heavily destroyed by an earthquake. It was then rebuilt with a bigger size and completed on 8 December 1870 when it was inaugurated.
On 9 December 1984, the church was conferred the title of basilica by Pope John Paul II, making it the first church in Taiwan to receive such title. In 1991, the Immaculate Conception Dominican Residence was built on the church ground. In 1994, an activity center was also build within the church area.
On 3 August 2016, the church was vandalized when a mentally ill man set a fire to a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary inside the building.
Architecture
The current building of the church was built with Spanish fortress architecture.