广州圣心大教堂

石室圣心大教堂坐落于广州市区中心一德路。圣心大教堂于1863年6月18日圣心瞻礼日正式举行奠基典礼，故命名圣心大教堂。历时25年始建成，是天主教广州教区最宏伟、最具有特色的一间大教堂。石室圣心大教堂由法国设计师设计，中国工匠建造而成。

教堂建筑总面积为2754平方米，东西宽35米，南北长78.69米，由地面到塔尖高58.5米，石室圣心大教堂1861年耗资40万法郎建立，可与闻名世界的法国巴黎圣母院相媲美。是天主教广州教区最大教堂，国内现存最宏伟的双尖塔哥特式建筑之一，东南亚最大的石结构天主教建筑，也是全球四座全石结构哥特式教堂建筑之一（另外三座是巴黎圣母院、威斯敏斯特教堂、科隆大教堂），由于教堂的全部墙壁和柱子都是用花岗岩石砌造，所以又称之为“石室”或“石室耶稣圣心堂”、“石室天主教堂”。1996年被公布为全国重点文物保护单位，是广东省重点文物保护单位。

Sacred Heart Cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral is located on Yide Road in the center of Guangzhou. The Sacré-Cœur was officially inaugurated on June 18,1863, the day of the Sacred Heart, hence the name Sacré-Cœur. Built over 25 years, it is one of the most magnificent and distinctive cathedrals in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou. The Sacred Heart Cathedral was designed by a French designer and built by Chinese craftsmen.

The cathedral has a total area of 2,754 square meters, a width of 35 meters from east to west, a length of 78.69 meters from north to south, and a height of 58.5 meters from ground to spire. The Sacred Heart Cathedral cost 400,000 francs to build in 1861, with the world-famous Notre Dame de Paris, France comparable. The Gothic architecture is the largest existing cathedral in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou, one of the most magnificent twin minarets in the country, and the largest stone structure in Southeast Asia, it is also one of four stone Gothic architecture around the world (the other three are Notre Dame de Paris, Westminster Abbey and Cologne Cathedral) , as all its walls and columns are made of granite, so it's also called the "stone chamber," or the "Stone Chamber, Jesus Sacré-Cœur," or the "Stone Chamber Catholic Church.". In 1996, it was announced as the National Key Cultural Relic Protection Unit, and it is the key cultural relic protection unit of Guangdong Province.