Tân Định church (Vietnamese: nhà thờ Tân Định) is a Roman Catholic church in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Its formal name is the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (nhà thờ Thánh Tâm Chúa Giêsu, French: Église du Sacré-Cœur de Tan Dinh). Even though it is in District 3, the parish shares its name with neighbouring District 1's Tân Định Ward.
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It was built during the French colonial period in the 1870s and completed on 16 December 1876, when Vietnam was part of French Indochina.The architecture is mainly neo-Romanesque, but it also has some neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance elements.[1] It has been painted pastel-pink both on the exterior and interior since 1957,[1] earning it the nickname "the pink church" (nhà thờ màu hồng).[2]
It is the second-largest church in Ho Chi Minh City, after Notre-Dame Basilica in District 1.They both belong to the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City. Tân Định Church is not a cathedral; Notre-Dame is the cathedral (seat) of this metropolitan archdiocese.
Its address is 289 Hai Bà Trưng Street, Ward 8 (Phường 8), District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.
References
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- ^ a b "Saigon's Favourite Churches – Tan Dinh Church". Historic Vietnam. 2014.
Designed in Romanesque style with Gothic and Renaissance elements
- ^ Insight Guides (1 September 2015). Insight Guides Vietnam. APA. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-78005-537-4.
Tan Dinh Church in Ho Chi Minh City, known locally as the Pink Church.
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