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The house was built adjacent to Cau Pagoda at 176 Tran Phu Street, on the corner of Trung Nhi Street - a gastronomic street of Hoi An...

This port town has been known under different names: Lam Ap, Faifo, Hoai Pho, and finally, Hoi An. According to some archaeological studies...

The house (also called Ong Bon or Am Ban Pagoda) is at 157 Nguyen Duy Hieu Street. It was built by Chinese overseas coming from Trieu Chau (China) in 1845...

The only old bridge of Hoi An, also called Chua Cau (Pagoda Bridge) by the locals, is now one of the symbols of the town...

The Cu Lao Cham bobs up and down proximately 20km from Hoi An Town. Covering an area of 15 km2, this archipelago includes seven islands with evocative names...

Trung Hoa Assembly Hall is at 64 Tran Phu Street, right of Phuoc Kien Pagoda. Established in 1741, it was then called Duong Thuong Assembly Hall...

Phuoc Kien Assembly Hall is located at 46 Tran Phu Street. Originally, the house was a thatched pagoda called Kim Son, which was built by the Viet people living in Hoi An in 1692

The house is located at 10 Tran Phu Street. It was built about 150 years ago in memory of 108 Chinese people who were killed when crossing the sea...

Hoi An is situated in Quang Nam Province, 30km south of Danang. It borders by Duy Xuyen District to the south, Dien Ban District to the north and to the west, and by the East Sea to the east. All these districts belong to Quang Nam Province. The average annual temperature: 25.6°C. With a 7km coastline Hoi An boats one of the most nicest beaches in Vietnam, Cua Dai. Cham Island is very famous in Hoi An with yen sao specialty.

Even if they were constructed a long time ago, most of the buildings in Hoi An under went restoration at the beginning of the 19th century. The Japanese and Chinese streets have been totally destroyed by the tropical climate of monsoons, floods, wars and fires in the 18th century. Hoi An came to life again later, but at that time, only Vietnamese and Chinese merchants were left. Today, we can still see traces of the port, the wharves, and streets from that period. The Old Town covers about 2km2. The streets are very narrow. Parallel to the river are three main streets: Tran Phu (leading to the Japanese Bridge), Bach Dang and Nguyen Thai Hoc. Perpendiculars to the river are Nguyen Hue, Tran Quy Cap, Le Loi and Nhi Trung Street.

The buildings of the Old Town were constructed with traditional materials such as bricks and wood. The old houses play an important part in the overall architecture of the town. Most of them follow the same model: built on two levels, and very long, stretching between two streets. The front room, generally 6m wide, is used as a shop. Then, there is a small yard leading to the back-house, where the family lives and the goods are stocked. Beyond the back-house, another yard opens onto the street behind or on the river.
The main structure of the house is its wooden framework, the pieces of which are assembled with tenors and dowels. Then, the house is made of bricks, but the inside walls are covered with wood. The roof is tiled with "yin-yang" panties. Old houses also have "eyes", wooden circle blocks engraved with a yin-yang symbol, the diagram of the eight divinatory signs (Bat Quai), the tiger, the dragon, etc. Inside, the houses also have fine pieces of furniture. Having inherited a multi cultural architecture so varied and sophisticated, Hoi An must have attracted numerous and talented Workers in carpentry, ceramics, and Woodcarving from China, Japan and other regions of Vietnam.

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