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Jeonju Jeondong Catholic Church, the highlightof modern architecture
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- This is a video clip which introduces the Jeondong Catholic Church which was built in order to pay tribute to the Catholicsmassacred in the Joseon Dynasty(1932-1910). The cathedral, built in a Romanesque fashion was designed and supervised for construction by the French priest, Fr. Baudounet. Francois Xavier in 1947. Jeondong Catholic Church was praised as one of the best beautiful buildings in the modern Korean architecture.