Church of the Saviour, Beijing

The Church of the Saviour (Chinese: 救世主堂), also known as the Xishiku Church (simplified Chinese: 西什库天主堂; traditional Chinese: 西什庫天主堂) or Beitang (北堂; 'North Church'), is a historic Catholic church and the Cathedral church for the Archdiocese of Beijing after the 2018 renovations, the cathedral is located in the Xicheng District, Beijing, China . == History == The church was originally established by the French Jesuits and completed in 1703 near Zhongnanhai (opposite the former Beijing Library), on land bestowed by the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty to the Jesuits in 1694, following his recovery from illness thanks to medical expertise of Fathers Jean-François Gerbillon and Joachim Bouvet.

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