Hwangni Chapel, Tongyeong Former Main Building of Dongguk University (Seokjogwan

Hwangni Chapel developed in Hwang-ri, an area that, owing to its location on a harbour, had long been a centre of trade and military activity and where Catholicism had also taken early root; established in 1893 as a gongso (a small Catholic chapel without a resident priest), it served as a stronghold of Catholicism along the southern coast of the Yeongnam region. Hwangni Chapel, Tongyeong, was built in 1934, at the height of this role, and because it was planned and built from the outset to serve a church function, it retains its original form intact. It is also valuable for showing architectural traces of how hanok (traditional Korean houses) were transformed in the process of Catholicism's indigenisation during the modern era.

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Where it is

Region

Tongyeong, Gyeongnam

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산