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thuytrinh · 10-11-2011 04:28 AM

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The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to viewSide view of the basilica.

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The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to viewMain gate of the basilica.Following the French conquest of The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view and The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view, the The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view established a community and religious services for French colonialists. The first church was built on today's Ngo Duc Ke Street. There had been a Vietnamese pagoda, which had been abandoned during the war. Bishop Lefevre decided to make this pagoda a church.
The first church was too small. Thus, in 1863, Admiral Bonard decided to build a wooden church on the bank of Charner canal (Kinh Lớn). Lefevre put the first stone for construction of the church on 28 March 1863. The construction was completed two years later and was called "Saigon Church". When the wooden church was damaged by termites, all church services were held in the guest-chamber of the French Governor's Palace. This palace would later be turned into a seminary until the Notre-Dame Cathedral was completed.
After the design competition, bids were accepted for construction. Again, J. Bourad was the successful bidder and became supervisor of constructions.
Originally, there were three proposed sites for construction:

On the site of the former test school (today, this is at the corner of Le Duan Boulevard and Hai Ba Trung Street).
At Kinh Lon (today it is Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard)
At the present site where the cathedral is situated.

All building materials were imported from France. The outside wall of the cathedral was built with bricks from The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view. Although the contractor did not use coated concrete, these bricks have retained their bright red color until today.
On 7 October 1877, Bishop Isidore Colombert laid the first stone in an inaugural ceremony. The construction of the cathedral took three years. On The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view Day, 11 April 1880, a blessing ceremony and ceremony of completion were solemnly organized in presence of the Governor of Cochinchina The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view. One can see the granite plate inside the main entry gate commemorating the start and completion dates and designer. The total cost was 2,500,000 French francs (at that time price). At the beginning, the cathedral was called State Cathedral due to source of the construction cost.
In 1895, two bell towers were added to the cathedral, each 57.6 m high with six The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view with the total weight of 28.85 metric tonnes. The crosses were installed on the top of each tower of 3.5 m high, 2 m wide, 600 kg in weight. The total height of the cathedral to the top of the Cross is 60.5 m.
In the flower garden in front of the cathedral, there was a bronze statue of The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view (also called Bishop of Adran) leading The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view, the son of Emperor The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view by his right hand. The statue was made in France. In 1945, the statue was removed, but the foundation remains.
In 1959, Bishop Joseph Pham Van Thien, whose jurisdiction included Saigon The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view, attended the The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view Congress held in The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view and ordered a Peaceful Notre Dame statue made with granite in Rome. When the statue arrived in Saigon on 16 February 1959, Bishop Pham Van Thien held a ceremony to install the statue on the empty base and presented the title of "The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view". It was the same bishop who wrote the prayers "Notre-Dame bless the peace to Vietnam". The next day, Cardinal The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view 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.
[The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view]The Statue's Tears
During October 2005, the statue was reported to have shed tears, attracting thousands of people and forcing authorities to stop traffic around the Cathedral. However, the top clergy of the The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view in Vietnam confirmed that the The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to viewstatue in front of a cathedral did not shed tears, which nevertheless failed to disperse the crowd flocking to the statue days after the incident. The reported 'tear' flowed down the right cheek of the face of the statue.
[The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view]Status as a Basilica
In 1960, the The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view founded Roman Catholic The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view in Vietnam and assigned archbishops to The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view, The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view and The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view. The cathedral was titled Saigon Chief Cathedral. In 1962, Vatican anointed the Saigon Chief Cathedral, conferred it basilique. From this time, this cathedral was called Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica.
[The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view]Special characteristics
All the original building materials were imported from 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 are carved with the words "Wang-Tai Saigon". Many tiles have since been made in Ho Chi Minh City to replace the tiles that were damaged by the war. There are 56 glass squares supplied by the Lorin firm of The contents of this section is only viewable by members - Please login or register to view province in France. The cathedral foundation was designed to bear ten times the weight of the cathedral.
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Carnation · 10-14-2011 11:17 AM

Thanks sis TT đem bài và hình ảnh này vô đây, nhìn những hình ảnh của nhà thờ Đức Bà mà lòng mình rưng rưng vì mình có thật nhiều những kỷ niệm tuổi trẻ ở nơi này.
Thanks sis TT again Heart

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