Cua Bac Church
Cửa Bắc Church is a Roman Catholic church in Hanoi, Vietnam. Originally named as Church of Our Lady of the Martyrs, the church was built in 1931 by the French administration of Indochina as a part of the Hanoi's urban plan supervised by Ernest Hébrard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Roman Catholic church in Hanoi, Vietnam
- Also known as: “Church of Martyrs” and “Cửa Bắc Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long and Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.
Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long
Photo: Sky 269, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long is a complex of historic buildings associated with the history of Vietnam located in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam. Its construction began in 1010 and was completed in early 1011 under the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ of the Lý dynasty. Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long is situated 630 metres south of Cua Bac Church.
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
Photo: Gregor Dodson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is situated 800 metres southwest of Cua Bac Church.
Ba Dinh Square
Square
Ba Đình Square is the name of a square in Hanoi where president Ho Chi Minh read the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. Ba Dinh Square is situated 700 metres southwest of Cua Bac Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thái Hà Ấp and Co Loa.
Thái Hà Ấp
Neighborhood
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Thái Hà Ấp is a neighborhood, which is situated 4 km southwest of Cua Bac Church.
Co Loa
Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cổ Loa is a modern day town and ancient former capital of Northern Vietnam, slightly Northeast of the current capital of Hanoi.
Cua Bac Church
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ba Đình District, Hanoi, Northern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
21.04145° or 21° 2′ 29″ northLongitude
105.84051° or 105° 50′ 26″ eastOpen location code
7PH72RRR+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 698018249OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q1088224
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Cua Bac Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北門教堂”
- Chinese: “北门天主教堂”
- Chinese: “北门教堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كراب باك”
- French: “église des Martyrs”
- French: “Église des Martyrs”
- Italian: “chiesa dei Martiri”
- Italian: “Chiesa dei Martiri”
- Korean: “끄어박 성당”
- Spanish: “iglesia de los Martires”
- Spanish: “iglesia de los Mártires”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de los Mártires”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Cửa Bắc”
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