Sights in Danang
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Museum of Cham Sculpture
This one’s for the history buffs: a museum with the largest collection of Cham artefacts, housed in buildings that marry French-colonial architecture with Cham elements. Founded in 1915 by the École Française d’Extrême Orient, it has more than 300 pieces on display including altars, lingas, garudas, apsaras, Ganeshas and images of Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu – all dating from the 5th to 15th centuries.
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Ho Chi Minh Museum
Despite its huge grounds, this museum is typically unenlightening for a site venerating Ho Chi Minh. At the front is a display of the usual US, Soviet and Chinese weaponry. Hidden behind the Party buildings are a replica of Ho Chi Minh’s house in Hanoi and a museum about him.
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Danang Cathedral
Known to locals as Con Ga Church (Rooster Church) because of the weathercock on top of the steeple, the candy-pink Danang Cathedral was built for the city’s French residents in 1923. Today it serves a Catholic community of 4000 – it’s standing room only if you arrive late.
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Phap Lam Pagoda
Recently rebuilt, this pagoda has three giant Buddha statues in the courtyard, and an equally imposing large gold one in the temple. It’s set back from the road noise and at night, a cluster of street-food stalls mushrooms outside the temple gates.
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Pho Da Nang Pagoda
Pho Da Nang Pagoda was built in 1923 in a traditional architectural configuration. Local people participate actively in the pagoda's lively religious life.
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Cao Dai Temple
After Tay Ninh, this temple is the largest such structure in Vietnam, serving about 50,000 followers in Quang Nam and Da Nang provinces, including 20,000 in Danang itself. As with all Cao Dai temples, prayers are held four times a day: 5.30am, 11.30am, 5.30pm and 11.30pm.
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