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| Hoa Phong Tower | ||||||||||
| Tháp Hòa Phong | ||||||||||
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The Hoa Phong tower is located on Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Hoan
Kiem district in front of the Central Post Office, on the shore
of Hoan Kiem Lake. Bao An Pagoda was on the floor of the old Five Dragons (Trinh Giang built in 1740). The pagoda was also called Lien Tri pagoda, surrounded by water moat and lotuses fully covering the moat surface. The Hoa Phong tower is the last vestige of Bao An pagoda under Hanoi General Nguyen Dang Giai who took responsibility to raise money to build the pagoda in 1842. The bulky Bao An pagodatook four years to complete construction. After the French colonialists occupied Hanoi (1883), they immediately built streets, Dinh Tien Hoang Street is one of the first to be opened. In 1882, Bao An pagoda was pulled down to build the Post Office and governor of Tonkin’s residence at the back. This is now the Government Guest House. But they still left a temple door in front of the Post Office and a tower after the pagoda named Hoa Phong tower. In 1898, they demolished the temple gate and the only the tower remaining. |
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| Province | Hanoi | Direction: | ||||||||
| District | Hoàn Kiếm | |||||||||
| City | Hàng Trống | Comments: | Official Web: | |||||||
| Genre | Historic | Related links: | https://vietnamnet.v | |||||||
| Best exposure | AM/PM | |||||||||
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| Opening time | N/A | |||||||||
| Entry fee | N/A | GPS : | 21.02628, 105.85322 | |||||||
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