Unique wooden church over 100 years old in Kon Tum

Unique wooden church over 100 years old in Kon Tum

Nestled in the midst of the evergreen forest, the wooden church of 100 years old  is always a pride of Kon Tum people.

Situated on the romantic and green Dak Dung River, Kon Tum is always the destination of many travelers who like to explore the unspoiled nature of the great green forest and the ancient features of the stilted houses. Ba Na people, including a 100 year old church called Kon Tum Cathedral.
Coming to the city is known as Kon Tum mountaineer, from where visitors will find the wooden church bell tower with warm brown horned up to the blue sky. An ancient and beautiful monument in Kon Tum, the Cathedral Court is always marked in the tourist map of many tourists when coming to this young and dynamic highland city.

The overall standing of the wooden church. Picture: Cbs.

The main church is named after the wooden church because this unique building was built entirely of wood, designed with classic Roman architecture combined with the traditional stilt house style of bronze. Ba Na here. Started by a French priest from 1913 to early 1918, it was completed and put into use until now. Today, the building has become a symbol of the Central Highlands, the pride of the people of Kon Tum and always has a strong attraction for visitors to the highlands.

Inside the cathedral. Photo: Ihay


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The work was made entirely of a characteristic wood, which is a stilt wood and walls, walls made of soil mixed with straw, not using reinforced concrete and even mortar to paint plaster. The church's façade is divided into four twenty-four-storey towers, four main columns and two sub-pillars linked together to form a small, Rounded glass windows with concentric joists are perfectly arranged to give the window an eye for the church. At the top of the tower is a tall wooden cross, showing the majesty and eternity of the church.

The chapel of the church consists of four 12-meter high wooden columns that run from the front to the dressing room, and the two large columns create a large, high and airy space. The two pillars outside the wall are two sub-rooms with lower ceilings, all four rows of pillars on sturdy stone platforms that withstood the time, supporting the weight of the cathedral.

Inside the church there are many small columns linked together by wooden arches to form arches to support the windows as if hugging everyone in the heart of the church. Inside the cathedral are many colored glass door frames painted in the bible, these frames both work to get natural light and create a magnificent splendor for the cathedral. The wooden pillars in the church, though not meticulously carved, meticulous but the pattern with the strong, liberal lines have shown the temperament of compatriots in the Central Highlands.

The majestic, ancient of the church. Picture: Thanh Tuyet.

For nearly a century, under the sun, the wind of the Central Highlands church still stands firmly under time and is a popular tourist attraction of Kon Tum city. Guests can visit the Kon Tum wooden church at any time of the year. If you come to the season of blooming flowers, on the way to the church you will see the rosy, white color of the flowers to add splendor Kon Tum.

If you come on Christmas period, you will see thousands of full-fledged parishioners who come to the church, who stay on the right vacant lot for a week to attend the ceremony. These are busy church days, full of life with bustling shopping. Of course, in this market there are many handicraft products from the village brought to sell. And if you go to church on a regular day, will meet the silence of a church. The two sides of the church at the time of the ceremony is a place for the laity to pray, this is the place for students to review the lesson.

Coming to Kon Tum, besides admiring the uniqueness of the wooden church, you can also enjoy the special dishes of the Central Highlands such as rice, leaf salad, grilled chicken with black shoots and jars of wine. the forest.