Tay Ninh, Vietnam is a provincial city in south-western Vietnam. It is the capital of Tay Ninh Province, which encompasses the town and much of the surrounding farmland.

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Tay Ninh

Tay Ninh town, the capital of Tay Ninh province, serves as the headquarters of one of Vietnam’s most intriguing indigenous religions, Cao Daism. The Cao Dai Great Temple at the sect’s Holy See is one of Asia's most unusual and astonishing structures. Built between 1933 and 1955, the temple is a rococo extravaganza blending the dissonant architectural motifs of a French church, a Chinese temple and an Islamic mosque.

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  • Vietnam, Tay Ninh, Cao Dai Holy See, (Great Divine Temple) with pair towers and blue sky above

    Cao Dai Holy See

    Tay Ninh

    Home to the Cao Dai Great Temple (Thanh That Cao Dai), the Cao Dai Holy See, founded in 1926, is 4km east of Tay Ninh in the village of Long Hoa. As well…

  • Nui Ba Den

    Nui Ba Den

    Tay Ninh

    Located 15km northeast of Tay Ninh, Nui Ba Den rises 850m above the rice paddies, corn, cassava (manioc) and rubber plantations of the surrounding…

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