Talk:Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Port-au-Prince

Earthquake
If this has indeed been destroyed, a new photo of the rubble needs to be included. 76.66.197.17 (talk) 13:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


 * there was a photo on TV, showing only one wall left standing.--dunnhaupt (talk) 21:51, 13 January 2010 (UTC)


 * the article implies that news of the cathedral's destruction have been exaggerated. Here is a before and after.  It looks pretty destroyed to me:

BEFORE http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Papcathedrale.jpg/200px-Papcathedrale.jpg

AFTER http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//100114/481/ded23881443c4f0c8804494efa351021/ Carlos_X (talk) 20:27, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

see also a very clear close-up view (accessed 15 January 2010 at 04:55 GMT) at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/6987916/Haiti-earthquake-aerial-and-satellite-photos-of-Port-au-Prince-from-the-air-and-space.html?image=3  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ridiculus mus (talk • contribs) 04:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The before image was deleted. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 07:01, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

The walls look largely intact. This building was severely damaged, not destroyed. It could be rebuilt, if there was a will to do so. I suggest that the article be amended to say that the building was seriously damaged. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.15.138 (talk) 20:22, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

date it was built
the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince and this page have different dates for when the cathedral was built. Anyone know the official date? Nctennishco12 (talk) 20:11, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Misleading title to this Wiki page
The reason why this is a misleading title is because it implies that the Roman Catholic Cathedral of The Assumption was the 'only' cathedral in Port-au-Prince, in January 2010. Possibly also implying that this was the only Cathedral in the capital of Port-au-Prince and regarded that way by the Haitians.

This is not so. See Wikipedia article entitled. This cathedral was completely reduced to rubble in the earhquake whereas the R.C. cathedral had at least a wall standing for a while, although I believe that it was subsequently pulled down my source for that was news reports after the event. There is also an Episcopal diocese wiki referenced in that wiki.

The episcopal cathedral is listed on a list of "cathedrals" for Haiti as a separate wiki.

The Episcopal diocese of Haiti also has its own website http://www.egliseepiscopaledhaiti.org in a mixture of French and English.

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