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Sheshan Basilica
Sheshan Basilica, begun by Jesuits in 1871, remains a major Catholic pilgrimage site overlooking Shanghai.
Prefecture: Songjiang
Province: ShanghaiA large brick-red building with arched windows and a tall domed tower stands on a hilltop above a slope thick with green trees, with leafy branches at lower right.
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- Sheshan Basilica of Our Lady of Help
Completed in 1935, the granite Gothic basilica with pointed vaults rises 38 metres and is a major Catholic pilgrimage centre in the Far East.
- Zhongshan Chapel & Way of the Cross on Sheshan
Halfway up Sheshan, this chapel first built in the Tongzhi era is the hill's oldest, with fourteen bronze Stations of the Cross set in pavilions along the winding stone path.
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- Sheshan Astronomical Observatory Historic Refractor
Founded by French missionaries in 1900 as one of China's first modern observatories, it preserves a 40-centimetre double refractor telescope and an astronomy museum.
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- East Sheshan Xiudaozhe Pagoda
Dating from the Taiping Xingguo era of the Northern Song, this slender seven-storey octagonal pagoda of brick and timber rises above bamboo-covered hills.
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- Sheshan Observatory Built in Shanghai1900–1901 CE
In 1900–1901, Sheshan Observatory and its 40-centimeter double refractor were established in Shanghai as an early large optical-astronomy facility in China.