Dalat,
capital of Lam Dong Province, is located approximately 308km northeast of Ho
Chi Minh City. At an elevation of 1,500m, Dalat bears the look of an Old French
city. It was founded in 1897 when Doctor Alexandre Yersin recommended that the
area be developed as a resort town. Dalat has many natural and artificial lakes
such as Ho Xuan Huong, Than Tho, Da Thien, and Tuyen Lam bordered by lines of
pine trees, which are a well-known feature of Dalat. A trip to Dalat is not complete
until one goes to the Dalat Flower Gardens.
Then French started to
invest to the town as the playground with a lot of hotels and villas in
the clear mountain air to escape from the heat and humidity of the coast and
Saigon at that time.Da Lat became different like nowhere else in Vietnam, it
looks like a cross between Vietnam and France, many buildings were built base
on the French architecture such as Da Lat train station, the Crazy House, Hang
Nga guest house, the three palaces and summer home of the last emperor of
Vietnam Bao Dai,...
With a population of 135,000, Dalat is like a
small European town with fresh air and a cool climate - the annual average
temperature is about 18oC. The city is decorated with a wide variety
of flowers. Beautiful flowers such as rhododendron, cherry, mimosa, hydrangea,
rose, daisy, and dahlia are all grown here. Dalat offers a harmonious
combination of natural scenery and historical sites. So far the city has been
considered as one of the leading tourist centers of the country. Dalat is also
well-known as an "academic city" with several academic centers such
as the University of Dalat, the Dalat Nuclear Research Institute, the Military
Academy, the Teacher Training College, and the Vaccine Institute
The architecture of Đà Lạt
is dominated by the style of the French colonial period. Đà Lạt Railway Station,
built in 1938, was designed in the Art Deco architectural style by French architects Moncet and
Reveron, although it incorporates the high, pointed roofs characteristic of the
Cao Nguyen communal buildings of Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
The three
roofs, said to represent the three peaks of Đà Lạt’s iconic Lang Biang
mountain, are also reminiscent of Normandy’s Trouville-Deauville Station.
The station’s unique design—with its roofs, arching ceiling, and coloured glass
windows—earned it recognition as a national historical monument in 2001. The
Dominion of Mary (French: Domaine de Marie) Church and Convent, home to Roman Catholic nuns of the Mission of Charity, were built in
1938 with a similar pointed-roof style
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