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Pages in category "French colonial architecture in Vietnam" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Most French colonial buildings, now mostly transformed for public use, are located in large urban areas, namely Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), and Phnom Penh (Cambodia). There are also some colonial buildings were built in China due to French concessions and other interests in the country during 19th and 20th centuries.
List of historic buildings in Ho Chi Minh City: Buildings in Ho Chi Minh city have a variety of foreign influences, notably from China and France , two countries that once ruled over Vietnam . 18th century
Alike other French-built opera houses during French colonial period, including Hanoi Opera House and Haiphong Opera House, it is an example of French Colonial architecture in Vietnam. Designed by French architects as the Opéra de Saïgon, the building was completed in 1900.
Construction of the palace began in 1885 and completed in 1890, and was designed by French architect Alfred Foulhoux to house the Museum of Commercial Trade, exhibiting products and goods of Southern Vietnam. However, the building soon became the residence of the Governor of Cochinchina, starting with Henri Éloi Danel (1850 - 1898).
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Bà Sài Gòn or Nhà thờ Đức Bà Sài Gòn; French: Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon), officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception (Vietnamese: Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Mẹ Vô nhiễm Nguyên tội; French: Basilique ...
Cement began to be widely used. The outstanding works of Western architecture in Vietnam are the Hanoi Opera House, Notre Dame Cathedral. There are also some outstanding works of Vietnamese-French architecture such as Khải Định Tomb, Palace of An Định, Cửa Bắc Church, and the Vietnam National Museum of History.
The Saigon Governor's Palace (French: Palais du Gouverneur, Saigon; Vietnamese: Dinh Thống đốc, Sài Gòn), also known as the Norodom Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Norodom) and then renamed Independence Palace, was a government building in Saigon, French Cochinchina, built between 1868 and 1873.