Visiting the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, visitors should not miss a chance to contemplate a unique architectural work of the 100-year-old Wooden Church in downtown.
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 (Photo: VNA)
Located in the nameshake capital of Kon Tum, the church was built in 1913 by a group of French priests (Photo: VNA)
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 (Photo: VNA)
It also has a guest house and art gallery displaying photos and artifacts from the local ethnic people (Photo: VNA)
Kon Tum residents attend service in the church (Photo: VNA)
A stained-glass window in the church (Photo: VNA)
The church's main hall (Photo: VNA)
The church's architecture is a wonderful mix of Roman style and distinctive characteristics of a traditional house of Ba Na ethnic (Photo: VNA)
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