A photo of the French-built Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi. It was once known as the Doumer Bridge (Photo courtesy of the National Archives Centre No 1) Hanoi (VNA) - Documents andphotos featuring French architecture in colonial era in Hanoi will be ondisplay in an exhibition that opens today at the Hanoi Opera House in thecapital city.
The exhibition, FrenchArchitecture in the Heart of Hanoi, is part of the theatre’s historical and architectural tours and art shows. Itis also among activities held to celebrate Hanoi’s Liberation Day which fallson October 10.
Jointly held by the National ArchivesCentre 1, Hanoi Opera House and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,the event will showcase 70 official documents,photos and drafts of outstanding buildings with French architecture that arebeing preserved in the National Archives Centre 1.
These buildings weredesigned and constructed by French architects at the end of the 19th centuryand early 20th century, including Hanoi Opera House, Louis Finot,Indochina University, Hanoi Post Office, Indochina Finance Office and DoumerBridge (currently Long Bien Bridge).
The exhibited is expected to providevisitors with a more comprehensive view of Hanoi’s architecture during theFrench colonial era and facilitate access to archives that are particularlysignificant to research on the capital’s history and culture.
French Architecture in the Heart of Hanoi will run until October 27.-VNA
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