Sa Pa Stone Church

date 22:01 | 23/04/2024

The stone church was built from stone, in the style of Roman Gothic architecture. According to some documents, the church was built with the front door facing to the sunrise as it is said that the East is the direction to welcome the light of God. The back of this church faces to the West – the birthplace of God Kito.

13. Stone church – Most famous Attraction in Sapa

Stone church is located in the heart of Sapa town built by the French from the early 20th century. The church has many names such as Sapa ancient stone church, stone church or Holly Rosary Church.

With the area of more than 6.000m2, the church area consists of 7 compartments of more than 500 m2, the bell-tower is 20m high. Especially, there is a bell with the height of 1.5 m and the weight of 500 kg in the bell-tower. Although being built since1932, until now it has been well preserved and even the words carved on the surface of the bell are not damanged.

Nowadays, Sapa Stone Church is not only a religious destination for local people as well as tourists, but also a main site for holding many cultural traditional activities of the ethnic people here. This is also the place where every Saturday local boys and girls gather here in a special marker called “love market” to find lovers.

In the quiet atmosphere of the evening in the highland, the sounds of the traditional instruments of the ethnic people such as flute, trumpet, lip lute, pan flute mix with the featured dances of the ethnic girls and guys will be an unforgettable experience.