Oura Church in Nagasaki has no named architect for the present building. Koyama Hidenoshin, master carpenter of the Glover Residence, built the original wooden church, probably from a Belgian plan. French priests Louis Furet and Bernard Petitjean were assigned to build it in 1862. The infobox gives 1864 completion, which matches the original church.
The text says the present basilica was built in 1875 to 1891 and consecrated on May 22, 1879. The infobox calls the style Gothic Revival. The present building is white stuccoed brick with five aisles and vaulted ceilings, with stained glass imported from France.
It was damaged but did not collapse in the 1945 atomic bombing. It became a National Treasure in 1933, a minor basilica in 2016 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. The article gives no hours.
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