Da Lat Cathedral, also known as St. Nicholas Cathedral or St Nicholas of Bari Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral, seat of the diocese of Da Lat, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City (alternatively still called Saigon).
Da Lat Cathedral is located on Tran Phu Road, Da Lat City, Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The cathedral looks like a European cathedral from the Middle Ages with its many stained glass windows and 47m tower.
Da Lat cathedral was built between 1931 and 1942. It was used by the French and other Europeans who used to live in Da Lat or to spend holiday there.
The town in the mountains at 1,500 meters above sea level. It is also a place where tuberculosis patients came for treatment in sanatoriums. The Pasteur Institute was opened in 1935. There was a European cemetery around the church, which is no longer in use.
Masses are held from Monday to Saturday at 5.30am and 5.15pm, and Sunday at 5.30am, 7am, and 4pm.
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