Described in the Lonely Planet as a "rococo extravaganza combining the architectural idiosyncrasies of a French church, a Chinese pagoda, the Tiger Balm Gardens and Madame Tussaud's".
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Disney meet the Vatican at
the Cathedral of the Cao Dai at Long Than, north west of
Saigon.
Described in the Lonely Planet as a "rococo extravaganza combining the architectural idiosyncrasies of a French church, a Chinese pagoda, the Tiger Balm Gardens and Madame Tussaud's". |
| Caodaism was founded in Saigon in 1925 by the mystic Ngo Van Chieu. His intention was to combine the faiths of all Vitenamese under one supreme being. |  |
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The cathedral and Holy See at Long Than was built in 1927. At the height of its power in the early 1930's there numbered one and a half million faithful. |
| Essential reading for anyone planning a trip to Vietnam is Graham Greene's 'The Quiet American' set in the 1950's |  |