19/11/2024
📍 Tianjin, China (c.1894)
In this image, you can spot the ruins of the Wanghailou Church (望海樓教堂) in the background on the left. This Catholic cathedral, also known as Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, bears silent witness to one of the most dramatic episodes in Tianjin’s history - the violent anti-Christian riots of 1870. Though the church was burned during the unrest, it would later rise from the ashes, restored to its former glory in 1897.
🔍 Image: University of Bristol Historical Photographs of China (Ref: Bk02-01)
📚 Originally published in “Collins’ Wide World Geography Reader, Book IV. Asia” (William Collins, c.1905)
