Hi, I'm Liz and today we're here in Ho Chi Minh City and we are visiting this Notre
Dame Cathedral. Now it's also called Nha Tho Duc Ba in Vietnamese. the cathedral is behind me and there is a
statue right next to me. The church was completed in 1880. And at that time it
was the largest Church built during the French Empire. The spires on the top are
40 meters tall. You can also see on the outside of the building it looks like
this building is made of bricks. But those are not bricks, they are tiles
brought in from Marseilles and then put onto a granite structure. The statue next
to me is a statue of the Virgin Mary. It was made in Rome and then in 1959 it was
brought to Vietnam. the hope was that it would bring peace to the city and the
country. Today people can usually go inside this
church but today it's closed because it is being repaired. We hope that you
enjoyed seeing a little bit of Ho Chi Minh City and the Notre Dame Cathedral.
Is there a building like this in your city built by a different country or
different people? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
Thanks for joining us!