Ranked 2/11 most beautiful post office in the world, what is special about Ho Chi Minh City Post Office?

According to the architectural magazine Architectural Digest (USA), Ho Chi Minh City Post Office ranked second among 11 post offices with the most beautiful architecture in the world. The building has many elements of Renaissance, Gothic...

According to the architectural magazine Architectural Digest (USA), Ho Chi Minh City Post Office ranked second among 11 post offices with the most beautiful architecture in the world. The work has many elements of Renaissance, Gothic...

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American architectural magazine Architectural Digest has just announced the list of 11 post offices with the most beautiful architecture in the world. In which, Ho Chi Minh City Post Office ranked second (behind Algiers Central Post Office of Algeria). Photo: Architecturaldigest.com.

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Ho Chi Minh City Post Office was introduced to readers by Architectural Digest: "The yellow facade and green shutters have turned the building into not only a post office, but also a point of interest. This structure was designed by Alfred Foulhoux in the late 1880s. As a result, the building contains many elements of the Renaissance, Gothic and other French architectural styles." Photo: New Hanoi.

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Located in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City Post Office is also known as Saigon Central Post Office. This is an architectural work built by the French from five years ago. 1886 - 1891. Photo: Justice Newspaper.

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The building has a sophisticated and elaborately decorated facade with delicate decorative motifs. Above the main gate of the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office, facing the square, there is a round clock with the year of construction: 1886 - 1891. Photo: VOV.

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Over the past 100 years, the City Post Office Ho Chi Minh City still retains its function as a post office. Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Center.

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Ho Chi Minh City Post Office stands out with the layout posted for two 2-storey side blocks, 3-storey middle block, tiled roof. On the façade, there are many ornately decorated arched doors. Photo: Zing.

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The interior space of the main lobby of the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office impresses everyone with its arches and light-filled windows at the top of the upper wall and on the roof. Photo: Zing.

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The main lobby is the place of customer transactions with postal service counters. This is also a place to sell souvenirs for tourists. Photo: VOV.

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Although there are few people going to the post office to send letters, Ho Chi Minh City Post Office is always bustling with people coming in and out, including many domestic and international tourists coming to visit the building and buy goods. souvenir. Photo: VOV.

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The elaborately decorated steel columns and steel-framed domes inside the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office impress the public. Photo: Zing.

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