24 Stained-Glass Windows
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This new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Madang, New Guinea, is the regional replacement for the pre-war cathedral at Alexishafen, further along the coast.
During their occupation, the Japanese used the Alexishafen cathedral to store explosives and munitions and it was later blown up. It was replaced after the war by a much smaller church.
The new cathedral is of concrete and it has a modern, austere design. Its real beauty comes from within— more specificially, from the 24 stained-glass windows that were imported from Europe.