TOUR SAIGON COLONIALE
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.22 mi
- Elevation gain
- 49 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 49 ft
- Max elevation
- 587 ft
- TrailRank
- 48
- Min elevation
- 7 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- one hour 18 minutes
- Coordinates
- 303
- Uploaded
- March 21, 2023
- Recorded
- March 2023
near Quận Một, Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
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Extract from the travel notes of two participants in the expedition, Cristina and Milena, who with patience and passion have put pen to paper, drawing and snatching information from Vietnamese guides.
Stuck in the 6pm traffic, an impressive river of mopeds on the streets. When we finally got to the center we took a walk around. On the streets, guys having an aperitif sitting on a newspaper on the ground, we saw the post office building, the cathedral of Notre Dame under restoration, the town hall, the hotels where the Fallaci and Terzani lived, where the press office was located, . etc, and above all we went up to a building, the Bitexco financial tower, on the 49th floor to see all of Saigon from above. The palace has the shape of a closed rosebud. Tonight we visited western Saigon and it really feels like being in the city of some big western country.
Retrieved from wikipedia
Ho Chi Minh City (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh [tʰàn fǒ hò tɕǐ mɨ̄n] in Vietnamese), formerly Saigon (Sài Gòn [sàj ɣɔ̀ŋ] in Vietnamese, Saïgon in French) is the most populous city in Vietnam. It is located in the southern part of the country on the west bank of the Saigon River.
Before its annexation in the 17th century by the Vietnamese, who renamed it Saigon, it was known as Prey Nokor. Between 1949 and 1955 it was the capital of the State of Vietnam and between 1955 and 1975 of South Vietnam.
Index
1 Physical geography
1.1 Climate
2 History
3 Monuments and places of interest
3.1 Religious architectures
3.2 Civil architectures
3.3 Military architectures
4 Company
4.1 Demographic evolution
5 Culture
5.1 Education
5.1.1 University
5.1.2 Museums
6 Anthropic geography
6.1 Administrative Subdivisions
7 Infrastructure and transport
8 Administration
8.1 Twinnings
9 Notes
10 Related entries
11 Other projects
12 External links
Physical geography
The city is located just north of the Mekong Delta on the west bank of the Saigon River at an average altitude of 19 m asl. The distance from the coast of the South China Sea is about 40 km.
Climate
The period of greatest rainfall is between May and November, the months of April and May are those with the highest average temperatures while the coolest months are December and January.
Month Months Year
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
T. max. average (°C) 31.6 32.9 33.9 34.6 34.0 32.4 32.0 31.8 31.3 31.2 31.0 30.8 32.3
T. min. average (°C) 21.1 22.5 24.4 25.8 25.2 24.6 24.3 24.3 24.4 23.9 22.8 21.4 23.7
Precipitation (mm) 13.8 4.1 10.5 50.4 218.4 311.7 293.7 269.8 327.1 266.7 116.5 48.3 1 931.0
Rainy days 2.4 1.0 1.9 5.4 17.8 19.0 22.9 22.4 23.1 20.9 12.1 6.7 155.6
Data source: Hydro-Meteorological Service of Vietnam[1]
History
Hồ Chí Minh was born as a small fishing village, it was originally known as Prey Nokor and was located in a marshy area inhabited by the Khmer people.
With the settlement of the Vietnamese in the seventeenth century it became known as Sài Gòn, and many still call it by this name. Nguyen Phuc Chu, a Vietnamese nobleman, was sent to establish the administrative structures of the area in 1698 and is often credited with expanding Sài Gòn into a significant settlement. The city was also influenced by the French during their colonial occupation of Vietnam, and several of its notable buildings reflect this influence.
City center of Ho Chi Minh
Bitexco Financial Tower
In 1954, the French were defeated by the Communist Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and withdrew from Vietnam. They did not recognize the new communist government, they gave their support to a government entrusted to the emperor Bảo Đại with the creation in 1949 of the State of Vietnam which had Saigon as its capital. When Vietnam was officially divided into North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam), the Southern government, led by President Ngô Đình Diệm, kept Sài Gòn as the capital.
At the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, forces of the National Liberation Front of Vietnam captured the city. The event ended the conflict and is also known as the "Fall of Saigon".
The victorious communists then renamed the city, dedicating it to the founding father of socialist Vietnam Ho Chi Minh. The previous name Saigon is still used but, officially, it refers only to today's District One of the city.
Monuments and places of interest
The city seen from the Bitexco Financial Tower
Religious architecture
The largest pagoda in the city is that of Xá Lợi headquarters of Buddhism in Vietnam. The most characteristic is the Jade Emperor Pagoda built in 1909 by the Cantonese community and located in District No. 1.
The Thien-Hau temple dating back to 1760 is dedicated to the Chinese deity Mazu.
One of the most important colonial buildings in the city is the Notre-Dame Basilica built between 1877 and 1883 and the center of the city's Catholic community. Other Catholic churches are the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of Cholon, the oldest in the city, the Church of St. Joseph, the Church of St. Philip, the Church of St. Francis Xavier, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Tan Dinh and the church of Santa Giovanna d'Arco.
Stuck in the 6pm traffic, an impressive river of mopeds on the streets. When we finally got to the center we took a walk around. On the streets, guys having an aperitif sitting on a newspaper on the ground, we saw the post office building, the cathedral of Notre Dame under restoration, the town hall, the hotels where the Fallaci and Terzani lived, where the press office was located, . etc, and above all we went up to a building, the Bitexco financial tower, on the 49th floor to see all of Saigon from above. The palace has the shape of a closed rosebud. Tonight we visited western Saigon and it really feels like being in the city of some big western country.
Retrieved from wikipedia
Ho Chi Minh City (Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh [tʰàn fǒ hò tɕǐ mɨ̄n] in Vietnamese), formerly Saigon (Sài Gòn [sàj ɣɔ̀ŋ] in Vietnamese, Saïgon in French) is the most populous city in Vietnam. It is located in the southern part of the country on the west bank of the Saigon River.
Before its annexation in the 17th century by the Vietnamese, who renamed it Saigon, it was known as Prey Nokor. Between 1949 and 1955 it was the capital of the State of Vietnam and between 1955 and 1975 of South Vietnam.
Index
1 Physical geography
1.1 Climate
2 History
3 Monuments and places of interest
3.1 Religious architectures
3.2 Civil architectures
3.3 Military architectures
4 Company
4.1 Demographic evolution
5 Culture
5.1 Education
5.1.1 University
5.1.2 Museums
6 Anthropic geography
6.1 Administrative Subdivisions
7 Infrastructure and transport
8 Administration
8.1 Twinnings
9 Notes
10 Related entries
11 Other projects
12 External links
Physical geography
The city is located just north of the Mekong Delta on the west bank of the Saigon River at an average altitude of 19 m asl. The distance from the coast of the South China Sea is about 40 km.
Climate
The period of greatest rainfall is between May and November, the months of April and May are those with the highest average temperatures while the coolest months are December and January.
Month Months Year
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
T. max. average (°C) 31.6 32.9 33.9 34.6 34.0 32.4 32.0 31.8 31.3 31.2 31.0 30.8 32.3
T. min. average (°C) 21.1 22.5 24.4 25.8 25.2 24.6 24.3 24.3 24.4 23.9 22.8 21.4 23.7
Precipitation (mm) 13.8 4.1 10.5 50.4 218.4 311.7 293.7 269.8 327.1 266.7 116.5 48.3 1 931.0
Rainy days 2.4 1.0 1.9 5.4 17.8 19.0 22.9 22.4 23.1 20.9 12.1 6.7 155.6
Data source: Hydro-Meteorological Service of Vietnam[1]
History
Hồ Chí Minh was born as a small fishing village, it was originally known as Prey Nokor and was located in a marshy area inhabited by the Khmer people.
With the settlement of the Vietnamese in the seventeenth century it became known as Sài Gòn, and many still call it by this name. Nguyen Phuc Chu, a Vietnamese nobleman, was sent to establish the administrative structures of the area in 1698 and is often credited with expanding Sài Gòn into a significant settlement. The city was also influenced by the French during their colonial occupation of Vietnam, and several of its notable buildings reflect this influence.
City center of Ho Chi Minh
Bitexco Financial Tower
In 1954, the French were defeated by the Communist Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and withdrew from Vietnam. They did not recognize the new communist government, they gave their support to a government entrusted to the emperor Bảo Đại with the creation in 1949 of the State of Vietnam which had Saigon as its capital. When Vietnam was officially divided into North Vietnam (the Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (the Republic of Vietnam), the Southern government, led by President Ngô Đình Diệm, kept Sài Gòn as the capital.
At the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, forces of the National Liberation Front of Vietnam captured the city. The event ended the conflict and is also known as the "Fall of Saigon".
The victorious communists then renamed the city, dedicating it to the founding father of socialist Vietnam Ho Chi Minh. The previous name Saigon is still used but, officially, it refers only to today's District One of the city.
Monuments and places of interest
The city seen from the Bitexco Financial Tower
Religious architecture
The largest pagoda in the city is that of Xá Lợi headquarters of Buddhism in Vietnam. The most characteristic is the Jade Emperor Pagoda built in 1909 by the Cantonese community and located in District No. 1.
The Thien-Hau temple dating back to 1760 is dedicated to the Chinese deity Mazu.
One of the most important colonial buildings in the city is the Notre-Dame Basilica built between 1877 and 1883 and the center of the city's Catholic community. Other Catholic churches are the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of Cholon, the oldest in the city, the Church of St. Joseph, the Church of St. Philip, the Church of St. Francis Xavier, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Tan Dinh and the church of Santa Giovanna d'Arco.
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