Catholic Church of Jilin

The Catholic Church of Jilin, 6,449 square meters in area with a building area of 800 square meters, is famous in the Northeast. A French missionary bought the land in 1902, raised funds and started building in 1917 and finished building in 1926. In Gothic architecture style, it is mainly composed of the church itself and the bell tower. The church is 22 meters high while the bell tower 45 meters. The whole church is an arch structure built with brick and stone without any wooden beams and poles. Sixteen big stone poles, 28 meters in height and 0.5 meter in diameter each, support the church. The surfaces of the poles are very smooth.