Main Building of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju

The offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju were built in 1961 as the main building (offices, library, classrooms) of Daegeon Seminary, together with Henry Hall (a dormitory) and a dining hall, designed by an Australian priest whose name is unknown; a distinctive feature is that the buildings are organically linked to one another through a basement level. Daegeon Seminary later became Gwangju Catholic University, then the Lifelong Education Institute attached to Gwangju Catholic University, and then the Gwangju Catholic Lifelong Education Institute, before being used as the offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju from 11 August 2014 to the present. Main Building of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju: originally the main building of Daegeon Seminary, it was built with a reinforced-concrete structure of one basement level and two storeys above ground, its exterior walls raised in red brick; the basement still retains, unaltered, the piping, mechanical fittings and wiring space installed when it was first built. A second-floor stairwell and part of a third storey were added during the 1960s and 70s, giving the building its present form.

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Where it is

Region

Seo-gu, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산