Ua koho ʻo UNESCO i nā pūnaewele e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala mākaʻikaʻi o nā Kalikiano ma Iapana 16 a hiki i 19th-century ma ke ʻano he 18th World Cultural Heritage Site. Aia ka "pūnaewele" i nā kauhale he 10 ma ke komohana ʻākau o Kyushu, a me nā wahi neoneo o Hara Castle - i kūkulu mua ʻia e nā Pukiki - a me St. Mary's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Nagasaki.
Ma muli o ka pāpā ʻia ʻana o ka hana Kalikiano ma Iapana a hiki i ka makahiki 1873, hoʻomana nā Karistiano (i kapa ʻia ʻo Kakure Kirishitan) - a hoʻolaha nā mikionali i ka ʻeuanelio - ma kahi malu. ʻO ia nā hale pule "huna" o nā kahua ma nā kauhale "Kristiano" kahakai a me nā mokupuni kaʻawale ka mea nui o ka ʻike ʻana o UNESCO. ʻO nā wahi ʻino o Hara Castle kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ua hoʻohana ʻia e nā mikionali Pukiki a me Dutch.
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona i ʻike nui ʻia o ka inoa ʻana o UNESCO ʻo Nagasaki's Roman Katolika St. Ua luku ʻia ka hale pule mua e ka pōkā atomika i hāʻule ma luna o Nagasaki i ʻAukake 1914 a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia kahi kope o ke kumu mua i ka makahiki 1945. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi a me nā mea hana i hoʻopōʻino ʻia i ka pana ʻana, me ka bele Farani Angelus, i kēia manawa i hōʻike ʻia ma ka pā (a ma ka Halepule o ka Immaculate Conception). Aia ma kahi kokoke i Peace Park nā koena o nā paia o ka hale pule mua. ʻO Oura Church kekahi hale pule Katolika ma Nagasaki. Ua kūkulu ʻia i ka hopena o ka Edo Period i 1959 e kahi mikionali Farani no ka ulu ʻana o ke kaiāulu o nā mea kālepa haole ma ke kūlanakauhale, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hale pule Kalikiano kahiko loa ma Iapana a ʻo kekahi o nā waiwai nui o ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka mōʻaukala, ʻo Nagasaki ka lōʻihi o ke ala komo mua no nā haole i Iapana. Aia ma Nagasaki i ka makahiki 1859, ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana o Commodore Perry o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka diplomacy gunboat e koi ai e hoʻopau i ke kulekele noho kaʻawale o Iapana ma mua o 200 mau makahiki, ua hele mai nā diploma mai nā ʻāina a puni ka honua e koi e wehe ʻia ke awa. kalepa. Ma hope mai, ua haʻi aku ʻo Emperor Meiji iā Nagasaki i awa kūʻokoʻa i ka makahiki 1859. A ʻo Nagasaki ka wahi no ka puke moʻolelo 1898 a John Luther Long, ʻo Madame Butterfly, i ka makahiki 1904, ua hoʻololi ʻia ʻo ia i ke keaka e Giacomo Puccini, a ke noho nei ʻo ia kekahi o ka honua. opera aloha loa.
