k Unesco adds Japanese Hidden Christian sites to World Heritage registry Basilica of the TwentySix Holy Martyrs of Japan Oura Church where 26 Martyrs were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597 on May 4, 2017 in Nagasaki, Japan. Nagasaki prefecture is the most famous place where Hidden Christian Kakure Kirishitian in Japanese escaped repression by the shogun Tokugawa. In 2018 Unesco added 12 sites of Hidden Christians to the world heritage list because they bear unique testimony to a cultural tradition nurtured by Hidden Christians in the Nagasaki region who secretly transmitted their faith during the period of prohibition from the 17th to the 19th century. Photo by Nicolas DaticheAFLO Editorial Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Unesco adds Japanese Hidden Christian sites to World Heritage registry Basilica of the Twenty Six Holy Martyrs of Japan Oura Church where 26 Martyrs were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597 on May 4, 2017 in Nagasaki, Japan. Nagasaki prefecture is the most famous place where Hidden Christian Kakure Kirishitian in Japanese escaped repression by the shogun Tokugawa. In 2018 Unesco added 12 sites of Hidden Christians to the world heritage list because they bear unique testimony to a cultural tradition nurtured by Hidden Christians in the Nagasaki region who secretly transmitted their faith during the period of prohibition from the 17th to the 19th century . Photo by Nicolas Datiche AFLO
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Unesco adds Japanese Hidden Christian sites to World Heritage registry

Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan (Oura Church) where 26 Martyrs were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597 on May 4, 2017 in Nagasaki, Japan. Nagasaki prefecture is the most famous place where Hidden Christian (Kakure Kirishitian in Japanese) escaped repression by the shogun Tokugawa. In 2018 Unesco added 12 sites of Hidden Christians to the world heritage list because they "bear unique testimony to a cultural tradition nurtured by Hidden Christians in the Nagasaki region who secretly transmitted their faith during the period of prohibition from the 17th to the 19th century". (Photo by Nicolas Datiche/AFLO)

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