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Chinese Academy of Science,SHANGHAI astronomical observatory,SHESHAN workstation.
It is founded by French Holy Joe in 1900.The observatory is equiped by a birefringent telescope which has a diameter of 40cm.100 years ago.SHESHAN is the largest observatory in Far-east.
Nowadays,because of its near urban areas location,SHESHAN is more used in education than in science observation.
The observatory dome and the church u pictured look spectacular.
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This buiding is sometimes considered as a kind of Phallic worship...... :p
The church is in a style of Baroque.
Chinese Academy of Science,SHANGHAI astronomical observatory,SHESHAN workstation. It is founded by French Holy Joe in 1900.The observatory is equiped by a birefringent telescope which has a diameter of 40cm.100 years ago.SHESHAN is the largest observatory in Far-east. Nowadays,because of its near urban areas location,SHESHAN is more used in education than in science observation.
The observatory dome and the church u pictured look spectacular.
In fact,it is not an architecture.It's an archaic arstronomy instrument used to demostrate stars and planets'moving. Its name is 浑天仪(HUN TIAN YI).
Nice pictures!
fantastic