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The Roman Catholic wooden church – a vestige of the French colonial period – is one of the most famous landmarks of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum 

 

 

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Located in the nameshake capital of Kon Tum, the church was built in 1913 by a group of French priests 

 

 

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The church’s architecture combines elements of the Central Highlands’ stilt house design and a large French-built seminary which hosts a small museum on local hill tribes

 

 

 

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It also has a guest house and art gallery displaying photos and artifacts from the local ethnic people 

 

 

 

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Kon Tum residents attend service in the church

 

 

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A stained-glass window in the church

 

 

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The church's main hall

 

 

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The church's architecture is a wonderful mix of Roman style and distinctive characteristics of a traditional house of Ba Na ethnic

 

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