Lam Vien Lady Monastery

Nam Phuong - the last queen in Vietnamese history, was a student at the Notre Dame school in Paris (France). In 1935, she supported the Notre Dame sisters in Paris to establish the first Catholic school for girls in Vietnam: Couvent des Oiseaux of the Notre Dame du Langbian. Initially, this was a kindergarten, then became a boarding school from grades 1 to 12, with a bilingual French-Vietnamese program. The facilities were spacious, the classrooms were up to 75 m2, the medical room could examine up to 50 children/time. This was also the first high school for girls to teach the French program in Indochina at that time. According to writer Nguyen Vinh Nguyen, "this was once one of the famous French breed nurseries in Da Lat before 1954". In the 1970s, the school had up to 760 students, taught by famous professors and Notre Dame sisters in Lam Vien.

Sketch by Architect Nguyen Khanh Vu

Sketch by Architect Linh Hoang

Sketch by Lam Yen

Sketch by Architect Tran Xuan Hong

In 1975, the school was dissolved. In 1988, it became Lam Dong Ethnic Boarding School, the chapel and convent still belong to the Lam Vien Congregation. The school and convent are connected by a paved path.

The ogival arch (pointed arch) is a characteristic of Gothic architecture - sketch by Lam Yen

The monastery has Gothic architectural style with stained glass windows and characteristic ogival arches in windows, corridors, walkways, main facade... Stone walls combined with sprayed concrete. The roof is covered with terracotta tiles, with a large slope.

Sketch by Architect Bui Hoang Bao

Lam Vien Notre Dame Monastery and Lam Dong Ethnic Boarding School are both located on the campus of the former Lam Vien Notre Dame Girls' School - sketch by architect Dang Phuoc Tue

Currently, National Archives Center IV still preserves the blueprints and many valuable documents about these works.

Sketch by Architect Phan Dinh Trung

Sketch by Architect Phung The Huy

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