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Hanoi Opera House
Hanoi Opera House: L e théâtre municipal dans le quartier de la Concession, sur la droite un pousse-pousse - A5523
Hanoi Opera House: Hanoi - Opera House

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Opera house · Hanoi, Vietnam

Hanoi Opera House

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1901–11
Declared purpose
Municipal theatre
Today
Survives, opera house
Build time
About 10 years
Region
Asia
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A French colonial opera house modelled on the Palais Garnier.

  1. Garnier again

    It is modelled on the Palais Garnier.

  2. One of three

    It is one of three colonial opera houses in French Indochina, with Haiphong and Saigon.

Questions worth asking

  • Why build three copies of a Paris opera in Indochina?

Possible original uses

  • Opera house

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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