The cathedral witnessed the 19-year Vietnam War, a proxy conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia) that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
The Romanesque style combines the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire architectures. It distinguishes itself by its harness of thick walls, high round arches, small windows, massive towers, and barrel vaults.
Built by the French during the colonial times, this church stands on top of Mount Bokor in Kampot, a province in southwest Cambodia bordering Vietnam to the south.
