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Abidjan · CI

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Paul d'Abidjan) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abidjan and one of the most audacious pieces of modern religious architecture on the African continent. Rising from a slight rise in the Plateau, the city's business district, its triangular concrete canopy and soaring cross seem to lean out over the Ebrié Lagoon, framing views of the water and the surrounding towers in equal measure. The cathedral was commissioned by President Félix Houphouët-Boigny and designed by Italian architect Aldo Spirito. The foundation stone was blessed by Pope John Paul II on 11 May 1980 and the completed building was consecrated by the same pope on 10 August 1985. Spirito's bold design earned him the 1982 Europe Architecture Prize, and the cathedral is frequently cited as the second-largest church in Africa after the basilica in Yamoussoukro.