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Phủ Cam Cathedral
Phủ Cam Cathedral () is a Latin Catholic cathedral in Huế, Vietnam, and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huế, Archdiocese of Huế. Built in almost 40 years (1963—2000) at the site where a Catholic church has existed since the 17th century, this church is one of the largest in Huế. History Phủ Cam Cathedral stands on a hill where an orange plantation once stood. In 1684, Father Langlois acquired land on Phước Quả Hill to the Southeast of the Imperial City of Huế, Imperial City to build a large stone church, which was completely dismantled in 1698. Then in 1898, Bishop Eugène Marie Allys (Bishop Lý, as people used to call him) erected a large brick structure, with tiled roof, at the same location on Phước Quả Hill. That church, designed by and then constructed under the direction of Bishop Lý, was completed in 1902. The residence of the Papal Representative to Vietnam, Papal Delegation to Vietnam, which oversaw Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huế
Huế (formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province) is the southernmost coastal Municipalities of Vietnam, city in the North Central Coast region, the Central Vietnam, Central of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quảng Trị province, Quảng Trị to the north, Quảng Nam and Đà Nẵng to the south, Salavan province, Salavan of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. As one of the country's six direct-controlled municipality, direct-controlled municipalities, it falls under the administration of the Politics of Vietnam, central government. Huế has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 hectare, ha of lagoons and over 200,000 ha of forest. The city is located in the middle of the North Central and South Central regions (including the South Central Coast and Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highlands), and is transitional in many aspects: geology, climate, administrative division and local culture. Huế and its surroundings is widely k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
