Hanoi Opera House
Opera house, theater in Hanoi, Vietnam
About
The Hanoi Opera House (French: Opéra de Hanoï), or the Grand Opera House (French: Grand Opéra, Vietnamese: Nhà hát Lớn Hà Nội) is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It is located at August Revolution Square, anchoring the head of Tràng Tiền street.
Originally built by the French colonial administration as the Hanoi Municipal Theater (French: Théâtre municipal de Hanoï, Vietnamese: Nhà hát Thành phố Hà Nội) between 1901 and 1911, it is one of three opera houses built during the colonial period in French Indochina, alongside the Haiphong Opera House and Saigon Opera House.
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Đại Việt
Vietnamese monarchy (10th–19th century)
1.5 mi away
Trần dynasty
Imperial Vietnamese dynasty (1225–1400)
1.6 mi away
North Vietnam
Country in Southeast Asia (1945–1976)
0.4 mi away
International Control Commission
1954–1974 United Nations mission in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
0.4 mi away
Temple of Literature, Hanoi
Temple dedicated to Confucius
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Battle of Hanoi (1946)
First battle in the First Indochina War
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