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The Cathédrale Sainte-Marie is an important place of Christian worship in Conakry, Guinea. The yellow and red building is of considerable architectural interest.〔 Monseigneur Raymond René Lérouge laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral in 1928.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tourism: Nature- Culture - Hospitality )〕 The Cathedral was built in the 1930s, and has impressive architecture, with Orthodox design elements.〔 The Palais Presidentiel is behind the cathedral.〔 Opposite is the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The cathedral is the primary place of worship for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry, established on 18 October 1897 as the Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea, and promoted to its present rank on 14 September 1959. From May 2003 the Archbishop was Vincent Coulibaly.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry )〕 Since the people of Guinea are mainly Muslim, the cathedral does not have a large congregation.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cathedrale Sainte-Marie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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