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Hoa Lo prision

Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison ranks first in the top 5 scariest places in Southeast Asia

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  • Address: 1 Hoa Lo Street, Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 
  • Opening hours: Monday - Sunday: 08:00 - 17:00 (including public holidays) 
  • Price Tickets:  + 30,000 VND/person (students - students, people with severe disabilities, the elderly, people subject to social policies) + Free: children <15 years old, people with extremely severe disabilities, people with meritorious services. with the Revolution ... 
Nhà tù Hỏa Lò: Di tích lịch sử cực kỳ thu hút giới trẻ - BlogAnChoi

Apart from names like Bangkok Forensic Museum (Thailand); Killing Fields (Cambodia); Penang War Museum (Malaysia) or Tsunami Memorial in Thailand. Hoa Lo is known as the "hell on earth" place, the most terrifying prison in Southeast Asia. 

Built by the French in 1896, with the old name of Maison Centrale (De Lao Central or Hanoi Prison). Hoa Lo Prison is an old prison located at 1 Hoa Lo Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. This area at that time was still the outskirts of the city, with the purpose of serving as a central prison for both Central and Tonkin, holding mainly political prisons and anti-government patriots. people. 

During its operation, Hoa Lo prison has become the detention place of many generations of Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers and activists with prison architecture designed with various forms of torture, extremely brutal and cruel coercion, the most typical of which is the guillotine, the machine that has brought the prison into the top 10 most notorious prisons in the world. Therefore, this relic is still standing with time, a clear proof of a period of hardship and hardship, a symbol of the indomitable and resilient spirit of the children. Vietnam is patriotic. 

With a total area of ​​​​up to more than 12,000m2. However, at present, only 2,434m2 are kept and preserved to become a relic, serving the purpose of sightseeing for those who want to come and witness firsthand the scene of the colonial prison how. 

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