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Appearance of Hanoi Cathedral after more than a year of restoration

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About two weeks ago, the image of the Cathedral of Hanoi (Hoan Kiem district) with a gray gray color (black) made many people surprised after being restored. However, this is just a layer of paint to create an ancient appearance, similar to the original condition

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After the gray paint, the Cathedral continues to be painted with a gray white layer on the facade, adding green moss to look like before the repair.

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Sharing with reporters, the parish priest of Hanoi Cathedral, Anton Nguyen Van Thang said that currently, the gray-white paint on the outside is only the third layer of paint, not the finishing layer.

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“When the church removed the scaffolding, many thought the renovation was complete. In fact, the current color people see is just paint, waterproof paint. It takes the 4th layer of paint, which is a layer of antique paint and layers of paint to create the color of the church’s face, for the work to be truly completed,” added priest Nguyen Van Thang.

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Also according to parish priest Nguyen Van Thang, the restoration of the church started from July 2020, if there is no epidemic, it can be completed in November 2021. It is expected that the restoration of the Church will be completed by the end of June this year

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After more than a week, the workers completed the gray-white paint, imitating the entire facade of the Church.

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According to the priest, the façade of this large, gray-white cathedral still needs to be painted with a few more layers of paint to create 3D colors.

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The walls behind the church have all been painted and are exactly like the old appearance, making many people mistakenly believe that the back wall has not been repainted. This is in fact the final look that will wear the entire church.

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In addition to the new paint on the outside, the inside of the church was also repaired with degraded items such as: treating the peeling ceiling, repainting the decorative details, plastering the damaged areas, and redoing the system. automatic bells, restore clocks…

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The main door set in bronze with sharp sculptures is kept original

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Although the church is in the process of being remodeled from gray paint to gray white paint, there are still many tourists and Hanoians coming to visit and take photos.

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