In late July and early August, Shanghai St. Ignatius Cathedral Square was reopened to the public after three years of closed construction, maintenance and renovation.
Earlier this month, some local media and citizen-based media in Shanghai announced the news.
In August 2018, the garden square in front of St. Ignatius Cathedral was also rebuilt as part of the maintenance and reconstruction work.
St. Ignatius Cathedral was officially started in July 1906 and completed in September 1910. It was the first Catholic church in Shanghai, once known as "the first Cathedral in the Far East". The church was modelled after French medieval Gothic architecture, with red brick walls, white stone columns, and a bluish-grey slate roof. On the side of the church is the Catholic bishop's office of the Shanghai diocese, a nunnery, and other ancillary buildings.
Previously, because it had been a long time since the construction of the church building, the foundation of the building had seriously caved in. Most of the visitors who came here could only see the front of the church. When looking at the church from the west of Caoxi North Road, the view of the church was blocked, and the overall landscape of the church and surrounding buildings was not satisfactory. For this reason, the renovation project of the church square optimized the overall layout of the square: plane trees were planted on both sides of the central lawn to create a visual corridor, emphasizing the architectural beauty and solemnity of the church. To conform with the atmosphere of the church, the square has undergone many adjustments, from the macro layout to the details of the plants, from the lines to the elements, to complement the church.
According to a nun from the Xujiahui Catholic district who is familiar with the church, the church square had been undergoing repairs and renovations in the past few years, during which the entire square was fenced off. Now that the church square has finally been renovated and officially opened, she was delighted to see the refreshing church square again.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
7月末8月初，在历经三年时间的封闭施工维修改造后，徐家汇天主教堂广场重新对大众开放。
8月上旬，上海一些本地媒体和自媒体陆续发布了“上海徐家汇天主教堂广场正式对大众开放”的消息。
2018年8月份，当时作为徐家汇天主教堂开始的维修改造工作的一部分，教堂前的花园广场也一并重新改造
徐家汇天主教堂于1906年7月正式动工兴建，1910年9月落成，是上海第一座天主教堂，曾被誉为“远东第一大教堂”。教堂为仿法国中世纪哥特式建筑，红色的砖墙，白色的石柱，青灰色的石板瓦顶。教堂正式名称为“圣依纳爵主教座堂”，堂侧有天主教上海教区主教府，修女院等附属建筑。
此前，由于教堂建造年代久远，教堂周围地基沉降现象比较严重，市民游客来此大多只能看到教堂正面，从漕溪北路西望教堂时视线受阻，教堂与周边建筑的整体景观也不尽如人意。为此，教堂广场改造工程对广场整体布局进行了优化：中央草坪两侧栽植悬铃木树阵，营造了一条视觉通廊，强调教堂的建筑之美和庄重感。为与教堂的氛围相呼应，广场的设计从宏观布局到植物的细节，从线条到元素都进行了很多调整，力求做到与教堂相辅相成。
据一位熟悉教堂情况的徐家汇天主教区的修女介绍说，之前几年教堂广场一直在维修改造当中，那时候整个广场都被围挡起来。现在教堂广场终于改造完成正式开放，重新看到耳目一新的教堂广场，她感到欣喜。
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上海徐家汇天主教堂广场维修改造结束 重新对大众重新开放
In late July and early August, Shanghai St. Ignatius Cathedral Square was reopened to the public after three years of closed construction, maintenance and renovation.
Earlier this month, some local media and citizen-based media in Shanghai announced the news.
In August 2018, the garden square in front of St. Ignatius Cathedral was also rebuilt as part of the maintenance and reconstruction work.
St. Ignatius Cathedral was officially started in July 1906 and completed in September 1910. It was the first Catholic church in Shanghai, once known as "the first Cathedral in the Far East". The church was modelled after French medieval Gothic architecture, with red brick walls, white stone columns, and a bluish-grey slate roof. On the side of the church is the Catholic bishop's office of the Shanghai diocese, a nunnery, and other ancillary buildings.
Previously, because it had been a long time since the construction of the church building, the foundation of the building had seriously caved in. Most of the visitors who came here could only see the front of the church. When looking at the church from the west of Caoxi North Road, the view of the church was blocked, and the overall landscape of the church and surrounding buildings was not satisfactory. For this reason, the renovation project of the church square optimized the overall layout of the square: plane trees were planted on both sides of the central lawn to create a visual corridor, emphasizing the architectural beauty and solemnity of the church. To conform with the atmosphere of the church, the square has undergone many adjustments, from the macro layout to the details of the plants, from the lines to the elements, to complement the church.
According to a nun from the Xujiahui Catholic district who is familiar with the church, the church square had been undergoing repairs and renovations in the past few years, during which the entire square was fenced off. Now that the church square has finally been renovated and officially opened, she was delighted to see the refreshing church square again.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
Shanghai St. Ignatius Cathedral Square Reopened to Public
