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Saigon Central Post OfficeSaigon Central Post Office, a gothic architectural style designed and constructed by the famous architect Gustave Eiffel in harmony with the surrounding area. The post office reminds you of the European Railway Station, the modern skylight of the grand old structure resembles the famous European buildings like the Paris’ Les Halles or Milan’s Galleria of the late nineteenth century and also the Grand Central Station in New York. The central pavilion, with a huge clock and symmetrical extensions on both sides, add to its beauty. This fascinating building with alcoves and logical fenestration is an outstanding display of French design influenced by Renaissance architecture. The arched windows of the Central Post Office are adorned with decorative capstones. Engaged piers, crowned with imaginative human-headed capitals, make the frames of the windows. The green window shutters resemble any other French colonial architecture. The main entrance of the Central Post Office is decorated with intricate ironwork. Once you are in the city’s Central Post Office, you cannot afford to miss the huge maps of Vietnam on both sides of the building’s main entrance. The elegant interior is considered to be the most interesting feature of the Central Post Office in Ho Chi Minh City. The vaulted and shining interior with its glass canopy, huge ceilings and a giant portrait of Ho Chi Minh, has enough to charm you.
Uploaded on Nov 15, 2009
Saigon Central Post OfficeSaigon Central Post Office, a gothic architectural style designed and constructed by the famous architect Gustave Eiffel in harmony with the surrounding area. The post office reminds you of the European Railway Station, the modern skylight of the grand old structure resembles the famous European buildings like the Paris’ Les Halles or Milan’s Galleria of the late nineteenth century and also the Grand Central Station in New York. The central pavilion, with a huge clock and symmetrical extensions on both sides, add to its beauty. This fascinating building with alcoves and logical fenestration is an outstanding display of French design influenced by Renaissance architecture. The arched windows of the Central Post Office are adorned with decorative capstones. Engaged piers, crowned with imaginative human-headed capitals, make the frames of the windows. The green window shutters resemble any other French colonial architecture. The main entrance of the Central Post Office is decorated with intricate ironwork. Once you are in the city’s Central Post Office, you cannot afford to miss the huge maps of Vietnam on both sides of the building’s main entrance. The elegant interior is considered to be the most interesting feature of the Central Post Office in Ho Chi Minh City. The vaulted and shining interior with its glass canopy, huge ceilings and a giant portrait of Ho Chi Minh, has enough to charm you.
Uploaded on Nov 15, 2009
Saigon Notre-Dame BasilicaSaigon Notre-Dame Basilica located at Paris Square of downtown Saigon. Apart from the religious meaning that attracts the tourists, the special captivating point of the Notre-Dame Cathedral is its Neo-Romanesque style of architecture. All its red bricks were imported from Marseilles and colored glass windows made in France’s Chartes Province. Tiles have been carved with the words Guichard Carvin, Marseille St Andre France (stating the locality where the tiles were produced). Some tiles have been carved with the words “Wang-Tai Saigon”. Many tiles have since been made in Saigon to replace broken tiles during the war. There are 56 glass squares supplied by the Lorin Firm of Chartes Province in France. The cathedrals foundation was designed to bear 10 times its weight. In front of the cathedral is a statue of the Virgin Mary with its two 58-high square towers tipped with iron spires dominates the city’s skyline.
Uploaded on Nov 12, 2009
Saigon Notre-Dame BasilicaSaigon Notre-Dame Basilica located at Paris Square of downtown Saigon. Apart from the religious meaning that attracts the tourists, the special captivating point of the Notre-Dame Cathedral is its Neo-Romanesque style of architecture. All its red bricks were imported from Marseilles and colored glass windows made in France’s Chartes Province. Tiles have been carved with the words Guichard Carvin, Marseille St Andre France (stating the locality where the tiles were produced). Some tiles have been carved with the words “Wang-Tai Saigon”. Many tiles have since been made in Saigon to replace broken tiles during the war. There are 56 glass squares supplied by the Lorin Firm of Chartes Province in France. The cathedrals foundation was designed to bear 10 times its weight. In front of the cathedral is a statue of the Virgin Mary with its two 58-high square towers tipped with iron spires dominates the city’s skyline.
Uploaded on Nov 12, 2009
Saigon Notre-Dame BasilicaSaigon Notre-Dame Basilica located at Paris Square of downtown Saigon. Apart from the religious meaning that attracts the tourists, the special captivating point of the Notre-Dame Cathedral is its Neo-Romanesque style of architecture. All its red bricks were imported from Marseilles and colored glass windows made in France’s Chartes Province. Tiles have been carved with the words Guichard Carvin, Marseille St Andre France (stating the locality where the tiles were produced). Some tiles have been carved with the words “Wang-Tai Saigon”. Many tiles have since been made in Saigon to replace broken tiles during the war. There are 56 glass squares supplied by the Lorin Firm of Chartes Province in France. The cathedrals foundation was designed to bear 10 times its weight. In front of the cathedral is a statue of the Virgin Mary with its two 58-high square towers tipped with iron spires dominates the city’s skyline.
Uploaded on Nov 11, 2009 |
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