Just outside Shanghai Old City and once known as St Francis Xavier Church, this magnificent whitewashed cathedral is Shanghai¡¯s oldest church, built by Spanish Jesuits in 1853. A splendid sight, the church was located within a famously Catholic area of Shanghai and is generally open if you want to view the well-kept interior (ring the bell at the side door).
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One of Shanghai¡¯s few active Buddhist monasteries, this temple was built between 1918 and 1928. The highlight is a transcendent Buddha crafted from pure¡
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China¡¯s tallest building dramatically twists skywards from its footing in Lujiazui. The 121-storey, 632m-tall, Gensler-designed Shanghai Tower topped out¡
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Tianzifang and Xintiandi are based on a similar idea ¨C an entertainment complex housed within a warren of l¨°ngt¨¢ng (ŪÌÃ, alleyways). Unlike Xintiandi,¡
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With its shaded alcoves, glittering pools churning with fish, plus pavilions, pines sprouting wistfully from rockeries, and roving packs of Japanese¡
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With its own namesake metro station, Xintiandi has been a Shanghai icon for over a decade. An upmarket entertainment and shopping complex modelled on¡
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Symbolic of concession-era Shanghai, the Bund was the city¡¯s Wall Street, a place of feverish trading and fortunes made and lost. Originally a towpath for¡
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If you tire of Shanghai's incessant quest for modernity, this tiny town is only a hop, skip and metro ride away. An ancient settlement that prospered¡
Shanghai World Financial Center
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Although trumped by the adjacent Shanghai Tower as the city¡¯s most stratospheric building, the awe-inspiring 492m-high Shanghai World Financial Center is¡
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The riverside Cool Docks consist of several sh¨ªk¨´m¨¦n (ʯ¿âÃÅ, stone-gate houses) surrounded by red-brick warehouses, near (but not quite on) the waterfront¡
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Life¡¯s a beach, even in the middle of Shanghai. If the sun comes out, pop down to this small but amusing artificial strip of sand right by the river and¡
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The vast Power Station of Art in the disused Nanshi Power Plant holds modern large-scale installations, design shows and other temporary exhibitions, some¡
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Originally dating to 1917, this famous mosque is the main place of worship for Shanghai¡¯s Muslims.
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A modest and charming retreat, this well-tended temple to Confucius is cultivated with maples, pines, magnolias and birdsong. The layout is typically¡
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Chinese towns traditionally had a Taoist temple of the town god, but many fell victim to periodic upheaval. Originally dating from the early 15th century,¡
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With its shaded alcoves, glittering pools churning with fish, plus pavilions, pines sprouting wistfully from rockeries, and roving packs of Japanese¡
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Sheltering a community of dark-brown-clothed monks from the Chenhai (Sea of Dust) ¨C what Buddhists call the mortal world, but which could equally refer to¡