High-Heel Wedding Church
Coordinates: 23°22′40.3″N 120°08′55.5″E / 23.377861°N 120.148750°E
| High-Heel Wedding Church 高跟鞋教堂 | |
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Budai, Chiayi County, Taiwan |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Completed | 10 January 2016 |
| Construction cost | US$686,000[1] |
| Capacity | 100 people[2] |
The High-Heel Wedding Church (Chinese: 高跟鞋教堂; pinyin: Gāogēnxié Jiàotáng) is a church in Budai Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan. It is managed by Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration.[3]
History
The church was constructed to commemorate the blackfoot disease outbreak in the 1950s. The construction was completed on 10 January 2016 and was opened for trial in February 2016.[4] It was officially opened on 23 July 2016.[5]
Architecture
The church is shaped like a high-heel shoe 17.76 meters in height, 11.91 meters in width, and 25.16 meters in length. It is composed of over 300 pieces of blue-tinted glass.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Masuma Ahuja, CNN (15 January 2016). "Taiwan: The church shaped like a giant shoe". CNN.
- ↑ "Latin American Herald Tribune - Cinderella's Shoe becomes Giant, Glass Church in Taiwan".
- ↑ "Taiwan seeking record title for 'high-heel church'".
- ↑ "Taiwanese town builds a high heel shoe shaped church to attract female worshippers". Mail Online. 11 January 2016.
- ↑ "'Cinderella' church opens to tourists".
- ↑ "Chiayi planning to use electric buses in 'high-heel church' town".
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