St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hanoi
St. Joseph Cathedral, Hanoi
St. Joseph's Cathedral is a Catholic church on Nhà Chung Street, in the Hoàn Kiếm District of Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a late 19th-century Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic style) church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi. The cathedral is named after Joseph, the patron saint of Vietnam.
Construction began in 1884, with an architectural style resembling the Notre Dame de Paris. The church was one of the first structures built by the colonial government of French Indochina when it opened in December, 1886 and is the oldest church in Hanoi.
Photo: Eustaquio Santimano (CC BY 2.0); Gryffindor (CC BY-SA 3.0); Pierre Dieulefils (Public domain)
Construction began in 1884, with an architectural style resembling the Notre Dame de Paris. The church was one of the first structures built by the colonial government of French Indochina when it opened in December, 1886 and is the oldest church in Hanoi.
Photo: Eustaquio Santimano (CC BY 2.0); Gryffindor (CC BY-SA 3.0); Pierre Dieulefils (Public domain)