Nagasaki before being bombed.
Urakami Cathedral 4:18〜
In 1865, the French priest Bernard Petitjean discovered that almost all the Urakami villagers were Christian. Even then Christianity was forbidden still for the locals, those rediscovered Kakure Kirishitan(Hidden Christians) were persecuted by the then central governments respectively.
until its destruction in 1945, it was the largest Christian structure in the Asia-Pacific region.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception_Cathedral,_Nagasaki
被爆マリア (Hibaku Maria)
Atom-bombed Mary
The statue survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 and was severely damaged as a result.
The Urakami Cathedral was built and consecrated in 1925. Three years later, a wooden altarpiece depicting Mary was constructed, inspired by a painting by the Spanish artist and the statue was constructed in Italy.
