Byeongsa Catholic Church on Sorokdo Island, Goheung

고흥 소록도 병사성당 · 高興小鹿島病舍聖堂

Registered Cultural HeritageContemporary · 1961

Byeongsa Catholic Church on Sorokdo Island, Goheung — Korea Heritage Service · khs.go.kr

KOGL Type 1 — Korea Heritage Service · khs.go.kr

This is a brick church building constructed with the direct participation of Hansen's disease patients in its construction. It served as a spiritual place for the healing of their physical and mental suffering, and it holds historical value for having existed alongside Hansen's disease patients within the distinctive regional context of Sorokdo Island.

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Region: Goheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju
Designation: Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산

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