Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

From St Paul's, we walked up to the Roman Catholic cathedral, calling en route to buy a rock cake for lunch (they had sold out of everything savoury! 😀).

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was built in 1874 and is the largest church ⛪️ in the Seychelles. Children born in wedlock are baptised in the cathedral on Sundays. Those born out of wedlock are christened on Fridays. As 75% of children in the Seychelles are born out of wedlock, Fridays are very busy! 😂

The cathedral's bells featured in the novel 'Where the Clock Chimes Twice' by English writer Alec Waugh. He mentions the whimsical peculiarity of the bells chiming twice every hour - once at the right time, and then two minutes later for daydreamer and slowcoaches 😀.

There is an imposing two-storey granite building next to the cathedral. It is known as La Domus and was built by Swiss missionaries in 1934. Today, it serves as a residence for Roman Catholic clerics and monks.

After visiting the cathedral, we bought a few bits in the supermarket and then caught the bus 🚌 back to the apartment. We had time for a swim 🏊‍♀️ before dinner - 86 lengths for me today 😀.Read more