Shangchuan Island
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Shangchuan Island is the main island of Chuanshan Archipelago on the southern coast of Guangdong, China.
Flying Sand Beach (飞沙滩) on the eastern coast of Shangchuan Island.
Painting of the death of St. Francis Xavier by Francisco Goya.
Plan of the Chapel of the Tomb of St Francis Xavier at Shangchuan Dao, by Achille-Antoine Hermitte. Completed in 1869.
Achille-Antoine Hermitte
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Achille-Antoine Hermitte was a French architect who is known for designing the Hong Kong City Hall and the Palais du Gouverneur, Saigon. His life is not well-documented and there is uncertainty about the date and place of his death. His only surviving building is the small Chapel of the Tomb of St Francis Xavier on St. John's Island, southwest of Canton (Guangzhou).
The Governor's Palace in Saigon, 1873
City Hall, Hong Kong (1868)
Old City Hall, Hong Kong, Victoria Harbour in the rear