(VOVworld) - Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, officially Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception is located in the downtown of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established by French colonists, the cathedral was constructed between 1863 and 1880. It has two bell towers, reaching a height of 58 meters.

The Cathedral resembles the Paris Notre Dame Cathedral

In 1895, it had two more bell-towers added, each 57.6 m high with six bronze bells with a total weight of 28.85 metric tons

The cathedral has the Roman-and-Gothic-style