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Kau Yan Tsung Tsin Church | |
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基督教香港崇真會救恩堂 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Christianity |
Sect | Protestantism |
District | Sai Ying Pun |
Location | |
Location | 97A High Street |
Country | Hong Kong |
Geographic coordinates | 22°17′08″N114°08′27″E / 22.285494°N 114.140864°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Palmer and Turner |
Style | External: Neo-Gothic & Tudor Internal: Romanesque & Neo-Classical |
Founder | Rudolph Lechler of the Society of Basel Mission (巴色傳道會) |
Date established | 1852 |
Groundbreaking | 1 June 1931 |
Completed | 24 December 1932 |
Kau Yan Church | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 基督教香港崇真會救恩堂 | ||||||||
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