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In 1593, one group of merchants began building a covered bridge to cross a neighborhood canal. [3] They finished construction in 1595 and improved access between the Chinese enclave on the other side. [2] In 1653, Japanese residents built a temple atop the bridge as a way to, according to legend, placate the earthquake-inducing monster Namazu.
Hội An was a divided town [citation needed] with the Japanese settlement across the "Japanese Bridge", constructed in the 16th-17th century. The bridge (Chùa Cầu) is a unique covered structure built by Japanese merchants, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist temple attached on one side.
English: The famous Japanese covered bridge in Hội An, dating back to the 18th century. It is claimed that it was created by the Japanese then living in Hoi An as a way to reach the Chinese quarter across the water.
Between 1872 and 1889, many bridges were designed by the Eiffel company, created in 1863 by Gustave Eiffel, when Vietnam was part of the French Indochina.However, some works are inadvertently attributed to the Eiffel company, the Truong Tien Bridge was designed by the company Schneider et Cie and Cie de Letellier while the Long Biên Bridge was designed by Daydé et Pillé [], the latter ...
The Japanese Covered Bridge was created by the Nihonmachi in Hội An, Vietnam. Nihonmachi (日本町/日本街, lit. "Japan town" or "Japan street") is a term used to refer to historical Japanese communities in Southeast and East Asia.
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The oldest remaining covered bridge in Madison County, the Imes bridge was built in 1870. It was repaired in 1959 after a truck carrying 18 tons of corn crashed through the floor. Moved to a park ...
Chùa Cầu, a Japanese-built covered bridge in Hội An.. For a brief period in the 16th to the 17th centuries, Japanese overseas activity and presence in Southeast Asia and elsewhere in the region boomed.