Legacies of colonial rule

The city hall building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City is one of the best preserved French colonial era buildings left from old Saigon. (Learn more)

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The tan and white building is two stories high with a central clock tower, sculpted cornices, and two red-tiled Mansard roof towers. Built by the French colonial government in the early 1900s, the ornate building is still used as a city hall but now it is named The People’s Committee Hall. The inside of the building is not open to the public.

A popular statue of “Uncle Ho” (Ho Chi Minh) reading to a young girl is visible in the plaza in front of the city hall building.

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Definitions

cornice n.
A molding that projects above columns in Classical architecture.
Mansard adj.
A style of roof with two slopes on each of its four sides, with the lower roof being much steeper, that allows for maximum space in the attic of a building.
ornate adj.
Intricate or decorated with complex patterns.

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