Nhà Thờ Huyện Sỹ (Huyen Sy Church), on Ton That Tung Street in District 1. Built between 1902 and 1905, it was funded entirely by Lê Phát Đạt, one of the wealthiest landowners in colonial Cochinchina and one of the first Vietnamese to be granted the French noble title “Huyện Sỹ.”

He and his wife are buried inside the church.

The architecture is Gothic Revival, built with granite brought from Biên Hòa, and the steeple rises about 57 meters. It’s one of the oldest Catholic churches in Saigon still holding active Mass. The pigeons on the gate angels are a permanent fixture.

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