Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Cathedral- Travel Tips

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Kisantu Cathedral, officially known as the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Cathedral, is a Catholic church located in Kisantu, about 120 kilometers south of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Built between 1926 and 1936 in a Tuscan-inspired architectural style, it stands on the site of an earlier Belgian Jesuit mission established in 1893. The cathedral follows the Roman Rite and serves as the seat of the Diocese of Kisantu, created in 1959. After its most recent restoration in 2011, the cathedral remains an important cultural and religious landmark in the region, alongside the nearby Kisantu Botanical Garden.