With the combination of Western architecture and pink paintings, Mai Anh Church in Dalat attracts tourists everywhere.
Domaine de Marie Church is also known as Mai Anh, because the building is located on a hill full of cherry blossoms. This is not only a place of religious activity but also a popular tourist destination. From here, you can zoom in and out to see the fog city.
The church was built on land with a total area of 12 hectares, about one km southwest of Da Lat center. This architecture was built in the European style combined with the architecture of indigenous minorities in the Central Highlands. The church's vestibule is shaped like a symmetrical triangle, on the spiked top of a roof with a cross, in front of which is adorned with small tongue-shaped arches.
In the center of the façade, near the top of the roof there is a circular rose window, a detail that often appears in the late 17th-century French churches.
Started in the 1940s and 1944s, the work was completed thanks to the sums donated by lay people Suzanne Humbert,
The roof of the Tay Nguyen roof is styled in red roof tiles. The architecture of the church is said to have escaped the strict regulations of religious architecture in Europe. Domain de Marie has no bell tower as other churches.
There are two steps leading up to the main entrance and re-entering the main hall. Stone windows are built in the style of Northern France of the 17th century.
Another highlight of the church is the statue of the Virgin Mary standing on a globe shaped by a Vietnamese woman, designed by the French architect Janchère. The statue is 3 meters high, weighing 1 ton was made in 1943, by Suzanne. In this picture is the scene of the parishioners living inside the cathedral.
On a large campus surrounded by pines, the Domaine de Marie church is designed in a cluster of architectural styles including the chapel and the two abbey rows of the mistress of Charlemagne. Since its completion, the church used only dark pink lime to sweep the walls, brightly lit when the sun shone on. This is also the identity feature that attracts many visitors to this place.
Huong Giang, a tourist who, although not a layman, is impressed by this church. "I came here more than once, every time I went inside the shrine I felt light and peaceful, and the outside architecture was very beautiful to take souvenirs," Giang said.
Before 1975, the church was also known for its orphanage activities with the participation of more than 50 nuns. At present, social work such as caring for children with developmental delays, helping orphans, treating the poor, etc. is still taking place in the church.
Guests can visit the church at any time of day, most beautiful early in the morning or at sunset.
Apart from Mai Anh Church, Da Lat Railway Station or Con Ga Church, there are also French architectural works that are visited by many visitors in Da Lat.
Source: baomoi.com
