I-UNESCO inyule uthotho lweendawo ezinxulumene nembali yamaKrestu kwinkulungwane ye-16 ukuya kweye-19 eJapan njengelizwe le-18 leLifa leMveli leNkcubeko. "Isiza" sineelali ezili-10 kumantla ntshona eKyushu, kunye namabhodlo eHara castle- eyakhiwa kuqala ngamaPhuthukezi- kunye neSt. Mary's Cathedral ye-Immaculate Conception kwisixeko saseNagasaki.
Ngenxa yokuba ubuKrestu babungavumelekanga eJapan de kwangowe-1873, amaKristu (aziwa njengeKakure Kirishitan) ayenqula- kwaye abavangeli basasaza iindaba ezilungileyo ngasese. Ziicawa “ezifihlakeleyo” zeendawo ezikwiilali eziselunxwemeni “zamaKristu” kunye neziqithi ezizimeleyo eziyinxalenye yokuqatshelwa kweUNESCO. Amabhodlo eHara castle yenye into, njengoko yayisetyenziswa ngabavangeli basePortugal naseDatshi.
Omnye weyona mizekelo ibalaseleyo yokuchongwa kwe-UNESCO yiNagasaki yamaRoma Katolika iSt Mary's Cathedral - ekwabizwa ngokuba yiCathedral of the Immaculate Conception - eyakhiwa ngo-1914 emva kokuba kuvaliwe ubuKrestu. I-cathedral yantlandlolo yatshatyalaliswa yibhombu ye-athomu eyawela eNagasaki ngo-Agasti 1945 kwaye umfanekiso wokuqala wawungcwalisiwe ngo-1959. Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye nezinto zakudala ezonakeleyo kuqhushumbo, kubandakanya nentsimbi yeFrench Angelus, ngoku ibonisiwe kumhlaba (nase Icawa yeCathedral ye-Immaculate Conception). I-Peace Park ekufuphi iqulethe iindawo zokuhlala kwiindonga zecawa yasekuqaleni. Icawa yaseOura yenye yecawa yamaKatolika eNagasaki. Eyakhelwe ukuphela kwexesha le-Edo ngo-1864 ngumthunywa wevangeli wase-France kuluntu olukhulayo lwabarhwebi bamanye amazwe esixekweni, ithathwa njengeyona cawa indala yamaKristu eJapan kwaye yenye yezobutyebi belizwe.
Ngokwembali, iNagasaki yayisele inde ithuba lokungena kwabantu bamanye amazwe eJapan. KwakuseNagasaki ngo-1859, emva kokuba u-Commodore Perry wase-United States asebenzise oonozakuzaku be-gunboat ukufuna ukupheliswa komgaqo-nkqubo wase-Japan oneminyaka engaphezulu kwama-200, wokuba oonozakuzaku abasuka kumazwe kwihlabathi liphela beze ukuba kuvulwe izibuko. urhwebo. Emva koko, uMlawuli uMeiji wabhengeza iNagasaki njengezibuko lasimahla ngo-1859. Kwaye yayinguNagasaki eyayisisiseko senoveli kaJohn Luther Long yowe-1898, uMadame Butterfly, owathi, ngo-1904, waguqulwa waba yi-opera nguGiacomo Puccini, kwaye iseyenye yehlabathi ezona opera zintanda.
