Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The famous church in Ho chi minh city Vietnam

Church of St. Francis Xavier (CHA TAM CHURCH)




Location: 25 School Lac, Ward 14, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam.
Characteristic: This is a unique church in the city is decorated with horizontal board, jointly as the United temples.
On 3/12/1900, the feast of St. Francis Xavier, Bishop Mossard, bishop of Saigon, was to make the laying the first stone church built for the U.S. news today Francis Xavier Church. Ngay10/1/1902, dedicated (opening) solemn church was carried out. After building the church, the pastor Asson Tam (A to Dam) also built a school, child rearing, a boarding house, a rental housing.
1934, Father Tam's death, burial at site entrance wall of the church. Therefore, often referred to as folk Cha Tam Church. In 1990, the church bell tower repaired and refurbished sanctuary.


Church of Cho Quan



Location: 120 Tran Binh Trong, Ward 2, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam.
Characteristic: Cho Quan Church Gothique style architecture, spent more than 100 years but still majestic, the most massive Cho Lon area.
Cho Quan is one of the oldest parish of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. It has built the first chapel in 1674 by parishioners from the northern, central to the building.
After the church was rebuilt, in 1887, Nicola parish Ham (Finance) constructed a new church. This work was inaugurated on May 4 plaited calmly (1896) and exists to date.


Notre Dame


Location: District 1, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam.
Characteristic: Notre-Dame Cathedral, also known as Big as a surface architecture that has two high bell tower, in a square named "Paris Commune" where the city center.
The building project was started on 7/10/1877 and was inaugurated on 11/04/1880. The church was designed in France, construction by French engineer named Bourad commanding performance. Total cost of construction at that time was 2.5 million by the envoy of the South Frances supply.
Cathedral length is 133m from the end of the room doors to prayer, the width of 35m and 21m high. Initially, two tower height from the ground is 36.6 m. After building two 21m bell tower more pointed tip, so the height of the tower is over 57m (bell tower to 1895). Six great bell, weighing 25.850kg under two bell tower.
On 7 and 8 December 1959, according to court approval Vantican St., church ceremony "anointed" named "Basilica".

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