Ask any of the locals about the location of the center of the city or its icon, the answer would definitely be or Ben Thanh market, Saigon Notre-Dame. While Ben Thanh market is a crowded place in the modern commercial area of the city, the Cathedral is in a very peaceful, quiet and have a beauty.The work was built from 1863-1880 by the French engineer whose name is Baurad, the total cost is 2.5 million Francs, up to 60 m high building. Bishop Lefevre has laid the first stone for the construction of the Church on May 2, 1863. It was originally called the Saigon Church then was renamed Notre Dame after Bishop Pham Van Thien held a ceremony to place a statue of the Queen of peace is made of Garanite stone from Rome in 1952. In 1962, the Vatican has anointed Holy and it became the main church in Saigon, also known as "the Basilica" since that time the Church was known as Saigon Notre-Dame.The Church was placed at number 1, the Paris Square at the intersection of Pham Ngoc Thach, Le Duan and the Paris Commune.
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