Butare catholic Cathedral

Great Cathedral

The cathedral visit is great as it offers insights on the architecture work done during the colonial times in Rwanda. Pass by if you are in Huye

Our Lady of Wisdom Cathedral of the old Belgium Capital.

Our Five to Five Hotel in Kigali arranged a driver for our day trip south to Huye (Butare) with our 2nd stop at this brick church. It was 11 AM on Sunday and the parishioners were still arriving when...

Beautiful

Huge and beautiful from the outside! It makes a great landmark in Huye District as it stands out in this rural area.

Base of education

This is the place where missionaries relocated avoiding to frighten the local authorities in the colonial era. It is where most of best scholl were concentrated including the University of Rwanda

Not much to see

The cathedral is the largest in Rwanda, close to city center, but the road to it is full of dust (if it rains is even worse). The (new) fence is not ready yet, even if the building was finished in 193...