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{{Short description|Post office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam}} |
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[[Image:Oficina Central de Correos, Ciudad Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2013-08-14, DD 07.JPG|thumb|right|Central Post Office, Ho Chi Minh City]] |
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'''Saigon Central Post Office''' ({{lang-vi|Bưu điện Trung tâm Sài Gòn}}, {{lang-fr|Poste centrale de Saïgon}}) is a [[post office]] in the downtown [[Ho Chi Minh City]], near [[Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica]], the city's [[cathedral]]. The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of [[French Indochina]] in the late 19th century. It counts with [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]], [[Renaissance]] and French influences. It was constructed between 1886-1891 and is now a tourist attraction.<ref name="Vietnam Online">{{cite web|title=Central Post Office|url=http://www.vietnamonline.com/attraction/central-post-office.html|website=Vietnam Online|publisher=Vietnam Online|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref> |
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The '''Saigon Central Post Office''' ({{lang-vi|Bưu điện Trung tâm Sài Gòn}}, {{lang-fr|Poste centrale de Saïgon}}), is a post office in downtown [[Ho Chi Minh City]], near [[Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica]], the city's cathedral. |
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==History== |
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[[File:Cochinchine Saïgon La poste - (...)Salles André btv1b530132026.jpg|thumb|Saigon Central Post Office in 1895]] |
[[File:Cochinchine Saïgon La poste - (...)Salles André btv1b530132026.jpg|thumb|Saigon Central Post Office in 1895]] |
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The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of [[French Indochina]] in the late 19th century. It counts with [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]], [[Renaissance]] and French influences. It was constructed between 1886 and 1891 and is now a tourist attraction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saigon Central Post Office |url=https://www.travelfish.org/sight_profile/vietnam/saigon_and_surrounds/ho_chi_minh_city/ho_chi_minh_city/1343 |access-date=10 December 2017 |website=Travelfish.org |archive-date=11 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211105059/https://www.travelfish.org/sight_profile/vietnam/saigon_and_surrounds/ho_chi_minh_city/ho_chi_minh_city/1343 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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It was designed by Alfred Foulhoux,<ref>http://www.historicvietnam.com/foulhouxs-saigon/</ref> but is often erroneously credited as being the work of [[Gustave Eiffel]].<ref name="Vietnam Online" /> or a collaboration between Foulhoux and [[Auguste Henri Vildieu]]. |
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It was designed by Alfred Foulhoux,<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2014 |title=Foulhoux's Saigon |url=http://www.historicvietnam.com/foulhouxs-saigon/ |website=Historic Việt Nam – Tim Doling's Heritage Portal |access-date=6 August 2021 |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211024201/http://www.historicvietnam.com/foulhouxs-saigon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but is often erroneously credited as being the work of [[Gustave Eiffel]] or a collaboration between Foulhoux and [[Hanoi]]-based [[Auguste Henri Vildieu]]. As translated by the historian Tim Doling, the journal ''Architecte constructeur: Revue du monde architectural et artistique'' of 15 September 1891 commented: “The inauguration the new Saigon Post Office, which was held on July 14, had been postponed until the return of the Governor General. This monument, adorned with a most artistic façade, is particularly well laid out and well equipped for the different services to which it is intended; it does the greatest honour to the skill and talent of the distinguished Chief Architect of the Colony, M. Foulhoux.”<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=15 September 1891 |title=Informations |url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55482860/f1.image.r=Foulhoux |magazine=L'Architecte constructeur : revue du monde architectural et artistique |language=fr |volume=42 |page=326 |via=Gallica |access-date=6 August 2021 |archive-date=11 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211112519/http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55482860/f1.image.r=Foulhoux |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Inside the Saigon Central Post office of special note are two painted maps that were created just after the post office was built, the first one located on the left side of the building is a map of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia titled ''Lignes telegraphiques du Sud Vietnam et Cambodge 1892'' |
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[[Image:Interior of the Saigon Central Post Office 2014.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Central Post Office]] |
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On the outside wall of the post office there are several plaques commemorating important scientists and engineers, who contributed to the development of the communication technologies of the time. These include Morse, Ampere, Volta, Ohm, and Faraday.[[File:Plaque remembering Laplace.jpg|thumb|center|Plaque commemorating Laplace]] |
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| ⚫ | Inside the Saigon Central Post office of special note are two painted maps that were created just after the post office was built, the first one located on the left side of the building is a map of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia titled ''Lignes telegraphiques du Sud Vietnam et Cambodge 1892'' ("Telegraphic lines of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia 1892").[[File:Map of South Vietnam and Cambodia.jpg|thumb|center|Map of South Vietnam and Cambodia showing telegraph lines]] |
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The second map of greater Saigon is titled ''Saigon et ses environs 1892'' ("Saigon and its surroundings 1892").<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Ben |date=10 September 2012 |title=Saigon Central Post Office Ho Chi Minh City |url=http://vietnamtravelguy.com/9421/saigon-central-post-office-ho-chi-minh-city/ |url-status=dead |website=Vietnam Travel Guy |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111024143/http://vietnamtravelguy.com/9421/saigon-central-post-office-ho-chi-minh-city/ }}</ref> |
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[[File:Map of Saigon.jpg|thumb|center|Map of Saigon]] |
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[[Dương Văn Ngộ]], known for being the last public letter writer in Vietnam, worked at the office from 1990 to 2021. |
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==Gallery== |
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|Front view of the Saigon Central Post Office |
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|File:Ho Chi Minh City, Central Post Office, 2020-01 CN-02.jpg |
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|Interior view of the Saigon Central Post Office |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 18:47, 9 July 2024
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The Saigon Central Post Office (Vietnamese: Bưu điện Trung tâm Sài Gòn, French: Poste centrale de Saïgon), is a post office in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, near Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the city's cathedral.
History
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The building was constructed when Vietnam was part of French Indochina in the late 19th century. It counts with Gothic, Renaissance and French influences. It was constructed between 1886 and 1891 and is now a tourist attraction.[1]
It was designed by Alfred Foulhoux,[2] but is often erroneously credited as being the work of Gustave Eiffel or a collaboration between Foulhoux and Hanoi-based Auguste Henri Vildieu. As translated by the historian Tim Doling, the journal Architecte constructeur: Revue du monde architectural et artistique of 15 September 1891 commented: “The inauguration the new Saigon Post Office, which was held on July 14, had been postponed until the return of the Governor General. This monument, adorned with a most artistic façade, is particularly well laid out and well equipped for the different services to which it is intended; it does the greatest honour to the skill and talent of the distinguished Chief Architect of the Colony, M. Foulhoux.”[3]
On the outside wall of the post office there are several plaques commemorating important scientists and engineers, who contributed to the development of the communication technologies of the time. These include Morse, Ampere, Volta, Ohm, and Faraday.
Inside the Saigon Central Post office of special note are two painted maps that were created just after the post office was built, the first one located on the left side of the building is a map of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia titled Lignes telegraphiques du Sud Vietnam et Cambodge 1892 ("Telegraphic lines of Southern Vietnam and Cambodia 1892").
The second map of greater Saigon is titled Saigon et ses environs 1892 ("Saigon and its surroundings 1892").[4]
Dương Văn Ngộ, known for being the last public letter writer in Vietnam, worked at the office from 1990 to 2021.
Gallery
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Front view of the Saigon Central Post Office -
Interior view of the Saigon Central Post Office
References
- ^ "Saigon Central Post Office". Travelfish.org. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Foulhoux's Saigon". Historic Việt Nam – Tim Doling's Heritage Portal. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Informations". L'Architecte constructeur : revue du monde architectural et artistique (in French). Vol. 42. 15 September 1891. p. 326. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2021 – via Gallica.
- ^ Hoffman, Ben (10 September 2012). "Saigon Central Post Office Ho Chi Minh City". Vietnam Travel Guy. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
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