Les Cayes, Haiti
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Les Cayes
The Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral also called Les Cayes Cathedral Is the name given to a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the city of Les Cayes in the Department of the South, southwest of Hispaniola Island and west of the Caribbean country of Haiti. Its history goes back to 1722 when the faithful Catholics decided to build a church and a rectory that was finished in 1726. The cathedral follows the Latin or Roman rite and is the mother church of the Diocese of Les Cayes created in 1861 by the Bull "Christianae religionis" of Pope Pius IX.
- City
- Les Cayes
- Country
- Haiti
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
Background: Wikipedia