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SAIGON NOTRE – DAME CATHEDRAL
HISTORY
Established by French colonists, the cathedral was constructed between 1863 and 1880.
Following the French conquest of Cochinchina and Saigon, the Roman Catholic Church established a community and religious services for French colonialists.
This had been a Vietnamese pagoda, which had been abandoned during the war.
Bishop Lefevre decided to make this pagoda a church.
Cardinal Aganianian came from Rome to chair the closing ceremony of the Holy Mother Congress and solemnly chaired the ceremony for the statue, thus the cathedral was then-on called Notre-Dame Cathedral.
ARCHITECT
Notre-Dame Cathedral is its special neo-Romanesque style of architecture.
During its construction, all its red bricks were imported from Marseilles and colored glass windows made in France’s Chartres Province, France.
Tiles have been carved with the words Guichard Carvin, Marseille St André France (perhaps stating the locality where the tiles were produced).
Some tiles were carved with the words “Wang-Tai Saigon.”
There are 56 glass squares supplied by the Lorin firm of Chartres province in France.
The cathedral foundation was designed to bear 10 times the weight of the cathedral.
On a whole, the neo-Romanesque architecture and two 58m-high square towers tipped with iron spires dominate the city’s sky line.
HOW TO GET THERE
You can choose many ways, many means of transport such as bus, car, motorbike or cyclo (if you want to have a fascinating experience when watching the whole street).
TIPS FOR VISITING SAIGON NOTRE – DAME CATHEDRAL
Admission to the church is free.
Visitors can go to Notre Dame Cathedral at any time of the day, even in the evening it is still very crowded.
Notre Dame Cathedral Hours
From Monday to Saturday: 5:30 am; 17:30
Sunday: 5:30 am; 6:45 ;8:00 ; 9:30 am (mass in English); 16h00; 17:15; 6:30 p.m