Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral, officially Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception is a cathedral located in the downtown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established by French colonists, the cathedral was constructed between 1863 and 1880. It has two bell towers, reaching a height of 58 meters (190 feet).

Many tourists to Ho Chi Minh City head straight to Notre Dame Cathedral as their first stopping point of interest, and with good reason. It's hard to miss the church's twin towers projecting into the sky some 200 feet. Notre Dame Cathedral's red bricks arrived in Vietnam from Marseille. In 2005, the statue of the Virgin Mary located out front supposedly shed tears, according to eyewitnesses, although the Catholic Church of Vietnam refuted this event.