Urakami Cathedral

Urakami Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Urakami Cathedral ( Japanese 浦 上 天主堂 , Urakami Tenshudō ), also St. Mary's Cathedral , is located in the Japanese city ​​of Nagasaki , Nagasaki Prefecture in the Motoomachi district.

history

Urakami Tenshudō, Catholic Church in Nagasaki, January 7, 1946

Construction of the Urakami Cathedral began in 1895 and was not completed until 1925. It served as the cathedral of the Diocese (since 1959 Archdiocese) Nagasaki .

Only 20 years later it was almost completely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 9, 1945 at 11:02 a.m. The bomb missed its actual target, the Mitsubishi plants, by a good two kilometers. The explosion hypocenter ( ground zero ) was only about 500 meters away from the church. When the haiku poet Mizuhara Shūōshi visited the ruins, he wrote the poem The sad, holy ruin in the middle of the upcoming early summer, clearly affected by the horror picture presented to him .

In 1959 the construction of a new cathedral began next to the original one. The remains of the old church that have been preserved to date have been stabilized and are a memorial to war and destruction.

organ

The organ was built in 1996 by the British organ builder Mander Organs. It was dedicated to the 26 martyrs of Nagasaki . The instrument has 52 stops on three manuals and a pedal.

I Grande Organ C – g 3 Montre 16 ′ Montre 8th' Flûte harmonique 8th' Violoncello 8th' Bourdon 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flûte à fuseau 4 ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Fittings IV 2 ′ Cymbals IV 2 ⁄ 3 ′ Cornet V 8th' Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremblant

II positive C-g 3 Montre 8th' Flûte à chimney 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Flûte douce 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Quarte de Nazard 2 ′ Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Plein Jeu IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Cromorne 8th' Tremblant

III Recit expressif C – g 3 Quintaton 16 ′ diapason 8th' Cor de Nuit 8th' Flûte traversière 8th' Viole de Gambe 8th' Voix Céleste TC 8th' Octave 4 ′ Flute Octaviante 4 ′ Duplicate 2 ′ Sesquialtera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Plein Jeu IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Basson 16 ′ Trompette harmonique 8th' Basson-Hautbois 8th' Voix Humaine 8th' Clairon Harmonique 4 ′ Tremblant

Pedal C – g 3 Sub bass 32 ′ Montre 16 ′ Soubasse 16 ′ Principal 8th' Flûte bouchée 8th' Octave 4 ′ Mixture V 3 1 ⁄ 5  ′ Contre Bombarde 32 ′ Bombard 16 ′ Trumpets 8th' Clairon 4 ′

• Coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P

Individual evidence

1. ↑ More information about the organ

Web links

Commons : Urakami Cathedral  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Cathedral website (Japanese)

Coordinates: 32 ° 46 '34.3 "  N , 129 ° 52' 6.2"  E