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The Sacred Heart Church, also known as the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Church of the Sacred Heart or Sacred Heart Catholic Church, is a Roman Catholic church on the Fijian island of Ovalau, situated on Beach Street in the town of Levuka. The church's clock tower serves as a lighthouse to guide the ships to the port through an opening in the reef. The church is part of the heritage status accorded to Levuka by its inscription as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. ==Features== The church, presbytery, and its detached tower were built by Father Louyot in traditional Gothic Revival architecture. The church is laid out in the form of a Latin Cross with the weatherboard structure, measuring , able to accommodate 250 people. The harmonium was added by Alexandre Fils. The presbytery, destroyed by a cyclone in 1905, was a two storey wooden structure adjacent to the church. The high tower, square in shape, is constructed from stone masonry and measures . Its belfry contains four bells. The clock fitted on the tower is circular in shape and rings twice every hour at an interval of one minute; in local parlance the first ring is said to indicate the local "Fiji Time". The spire of the tower is fitted with a neon light in the form of a cross, which is used by ships to navigate safely through the Levuka Passage to the port; this light works in synchronization with another green light fitted on the hill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sacred Heart Church (Fiji)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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