Saigon Heritage

Saigon Heritage Tour images

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The Continental Hotel today

The Continental Palace and its famous Terrace during the 1950s

The Municipal Theatre, opened in 1900

When it opened in 1958-1959, the Caravelle Hotel was the epitome of modern glamour

The Grand Hotel was built in 1933 as the Saigon Palace Hotel, which Graham Greene used as the model for his “room over the rue Catinat” in The Quiet American

The Majestic Hotel as it was built in 1925

Detail on the facade of French architect Alfred Foulhoux’s Hôtel des douanes of 1887

A late 19th century view of the Messageries maritimes building and international port

Gustav Eiffel’s Pont des Messageries maritimes, built in 1882

The original Banque de l’Indochine building, opened in 1875

The second Banque de l’Indochine building of 1928, now the State Bank

The second Chambre de commerce de Saïgon headquarters of 1928 became the Senate House of the South Vietnamese National Assembly in 1955

The first US Embassy building at 39 Hàm Nghi street

The Société financière française et coloniale (SFFC) building pictured soon after its construction in the 1920s

The Trésor général, built in 1925

The Sun Wah Tower stands on the site of Saigon’s original wooden cathedral, l’Église Sainte-Marie-Immaculée, inaugurated in 1865

The “Bùng Binh Sài Gòn” traffic circle originally marked the junction of two canals

The Établissements Bainier motor car showroom (1927), forerunner of the Rex Hotel

The People’s Committee building was inaugurated in 1909 as the Hôtel de ville de Saïgon

A 1963 image of the South Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence buildings on the Pasteur/Lý Tự Trọng junction

Foulhoux’s Lieutenant Governor’s Palace of 1890, now the Hồ Chí Minh City Museum

The Hồ Chí Minh City General Sciences Library stands on the site of the former Maison centrale or central prison

Foulhoux’s first major civic building, the Palais de justice of 1885

Georges l’Hermitte’s original Norodom Palace of 1873

The South Gate is all that now remains of the original Norodom Palace

The replacement Unification Palace nearing completion in 1966

The former Cercle des Officiers or Officers’ mess building of 1876, later the South Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and now the the headquarters of the District 1 People’s Committee

The Cathédrale de Saïgon before spires were added in 1897

Foulhoux’s last work and great masterpiece of 1891, the Hôtel des postes de Saïgon

The notorious Bót Catinat, which served as the South Vietnamese Interior Ministry after 1955

The Catinat building of 1927, which once counted the US Consulate among its tenants.

People attempting to board a helicopter on the roof of 22 Gia Long (now Lý Tự Trọng) on 29 April 1975 (photo by Hubert van Es)

The art deco portico of 213 rue Catinat (Đồng Khởi)