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There was a church here but it was destroyed by the earthquake which partially demolished the cathed...
There was a church here but it was destroyed by the earthquake which partially demolished the cathedral in the city centre. This temporary cathedral has been built here while the future of the permanent cathedral is undecided.

It's known as the cardboard cathedral because its main structural members are those giant cardboard tubes.


UTC Time: 01:19, Saturday 07 December 2013
Local Time: 14:19, Saturday 07 December 2013
Estimate of longitude: 172° 38' 34.98" E = 172.643050°
Estimate of latitude: 43° 31' 55.70" S = -43.532140°
Possible error on position estimate: 50 metres