Shortly after the capture of Saigon, France gave up the Church to do where the ceremony for French Catholics. The first church was established in the 5th (today's NGO Duc Ke Street). Here is a small temple of Vietnamese people was abandoned due to the war, Bishop Lefebvre had remodelled the temple into a church. Because the first church that was too small so in 1863, Admiral Bonard decided to begin construction in other places a wooden churches on the banks of "Big Business" (also known as Jing Charner, location is the headquarters of the Court Proceedings of the Republic of Vietnam-era Magazine). Try the DAO Lefebvre celebrated put the first stone building of the Church on May 2, 1863. The Church was built of wood, completed in 1865, originally called the Church of Saigon. Later on, because this wood Church was damaged much because termites, the ceremony was held in the ballroom of the former Governor, on Nutrition after school Lasan Taberd into wealth, until the finished Cathedral.In may 1810, Governor Duperré held a design draughtsman exam in the new Church. Pass 17 other design projects, projects of the architect j. Bourard with Romanesque style arranger mixing Gothic style definition is selected. Originally, the location of construction are suggested in 3 places:On the old Exam School (what is now the corner of Le Duan and Hai BA Trung, the location of France).In large (at the location of the old church, now part of Nguyen hue).The current position.Finally, the present location was chosen. [3]. after the selected design scheme, Admiral Duperré to tender for the construction of the Church and the main architect of this also was the winning bid and the direct supervision of works. All materials from the cement, iron and steel to the screws are from France. In particular, the exterior of the buildings by type of brick made in Marseille (France), to the ceiling, not the Bowl fillers, not dust that MOSS still far bright pink color.On 7 October 1877, Bishop Isidore Colombert laid the first stone in front of Deputy Marshal South and East high level characters enough time. The Church was built in 3 years. Easter, July 4, 1880, the rite consecrate and inaugurated by the solemn organization Colombert leaders tried in the presence of Governor Le Myre de Vilers. Now, on the top, inside the church doors, the marble table in the hallway (transept) record start date, on the inauguration and its engineering. All costs of construction, interior decorating are covered by Marshal South States coverage, with 2,500,000 francs amount according to the rate of the time. Initially, the Church called the Church of the State because it put money in France by the State construction and management.In 1895, the Church added two bell towers, each 57.6 m high tower has 6 large brass bells and weighs 28.85 tons. On top of the tower with a height 3.50 m, horizontal 2 m, weighed 600 kg. Overall height from the ground to the top of the cross is 60.50 m.Bronze statue of Bishop Adran and Prince scenes, before the Church formerlyOn the garden front of the Church, in 1903, the French bronze statue of Pigneau de Béhaine construction for (also called Bishop Adran Bishop Earl Multi Loc or because it made the Bishop of Adran Hall effect) leading Prince Canh (son of King Gia Long). The monument consists of a granite pedestal red cylinder and above is the statue carved figure Bishop Adran offers products with the Bishop, the left hand leads Prince Bronze Statue scene., was minted in France, the average population of the time called "two figures" to distinguish it from the "a" , is the statue of the Admiral of the French Navy in the me Linh square Genouilly (today is the end of the road, near the banks of the Saigon River). In 1945, the statue was Reginald independent Government demolished, but the pedestal of red granite, the monument still exists in it without any statue would put up on.
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