Presidential Palace ranks second in Top 13 most beautiful palaces
VGP - The Presidential Palace in Ha Noi was ranked sixth among the 13 most beautiful palaces in the world by US magazine Architecture Digest.
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| A corner of the Presidential Palace in Ha Noi |
The mustard-yellow palace was built by French architect Auguste Henri Vildieu from 1900 to 1906 to function as the living and operational bases of the governors-general of Indo-China.
The Presidential Palace, which is the official home of Viet Nam’s president, is a three-storey structure with 30 rooms located north of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. The building is a memento of the French contribution to architecture in Indochina.
The list includes Presidential Palace, Warsaw, Poland; (2) Belém Palace, Lisbon, Portugal; (3) Palácio da Alvorada, Brasilia, Brazil; (4) Élysée Palace, Paris, France; (5) Presidential Palace of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname; (6) Presidential Palace, Ha Noi, Viet Nam; (7) Kremlin, Moscow, Russia; (8) Palace of Turkish President, Ankara, Turkey; (9) White House, Washington D.C., the U.S.A.; (10) Prague Castle, Prague, the Czech Republic; (11) Bellevue Palace, Berlin, Germany; (12) Akorda Presidential Palace, Astana, Kazakhstan; (13) Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria./.
By Kim Loan
