A Blue sky day with white clouds over two buildings and the main catholic church in Xujiahui Shanghai.

Between these two new towers, in Xujiahui, the St. Ignatius Cathedral (finished in 1910) stands from the last. It was the first building build in the area "out of the port of Shanghai", and was the biggest church of all the oriental area.

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In a quiet, secluded corner of Pudong, there’s a marker commemorating a north-south canal dating from the Ming dynasty that once played a vital part in the local economy. 🧵

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