Gyesandong Cathedral, Daegu

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.290

Category

유적지

Era

1902년

Designated year

1981

Location

중구, 대구광역시— 대구 중구 서성로 20 (계산동2가)

Coordinates

35.867913, 128.587794

During his missionary work throughout the Gyeongsang-do area commencing in 1886, Fr. A. P. Robert used a thatched house as a temporary church from 1897. It was located at the site of the present cathedral of Gyesan-dong. In 1899 a Korean style church was built of wood with shape into a cross, but it was burnt down the next year so the new church building was built in 1902 and it remains now. It was said that Fr. Robert himself designed it, and that a Chinese man was in charge of the construction. As the first western style building in Daegu, it was also called as the "Steepled House" because of the two bell towers above the entrance. It was built of red brick on a granite base platform in the Romanesque style with a Gothic touch added by the Gothic decoration with black bricks. This cathedral retains a very important value as the only dedicated church built in the 1900’s in Daegu.

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