Bach Dinh (Vung Tau): The architectural monuments, historical - cultural national

White Palace is known in French as Villa Blanche, located in the forest on the slopes of Mount Large members, the Beach Before the coastal city of Vung Tau. This work was started construction in 1898 and completed in 1916 on the fortress of Fort Phuoc Thang Nguyen Dynasty, used to resting place for the French Governor Paul Doumer. Legend, Bach Dinh dĩ office he called for Governor Paul Doumer, advocates building this house took the name of love daughter "Blanche" for building a mansion named.


Bach Dinh's bold architecture of France at the end of XIX century, so majestic and the surface. Height of the building is 15 m, 28 m long, 15 m wide, has three floors: basement, ground floor and the floor. Exterior surface of the White Palace is decorated ancient drawings and portraits of saints ancient Greece. The whole house was whiten, above the bright red tiles, the bottom edges of the array fine and decorative art. Porcelain enamel colors are the main raw materials to decorate and create the image. Sometimes the bird with blue pearl, silver point xuyet spots are sparkling Spread wings to make the house dance with escape a beating bar. The face beautiful European women, like the gods in Greek mythology. Double carp as to chemical winding dragon. Daisies, sunflowers border each array around the house, the sparkling light apricot, yellow to bright as the sun makes the White Palace more splendid.

In front of the White Palace is a gallery overlooking the sea. From here can see the broad landscape from Mount Beach First turn to the Small Big Mountain. If you look down to see Hon Hai Taurus. It is a stone protruding nose sea look like a buffalo being immersed under water, where fishing of the employer before the White Palace and tourists today. Standing on the ruins of architectural Bach Dinh, tourists can see the panoramic Beach Previous sea of Vung Tau, the surrounding waters and Quang Trung Road - Ha Long at the foot of the mountain, is one of the best Vietnamese way Nam.

Today to visit the White Palace, visitors not only enjoy the beauty of nature, architecture "Modern Rome," more about the history of Bach Dinh, national history that tourists have a chance to watch see collections Qing Dynasty pottery was picked up from Hon Cau valuable and famous museum is Ba Ria - Vung Tau exhibited and introduced here. Therefore, the White Palace of Culture and the Ministry of Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism) classified as architectural monuments, history - culture at national level on April 8, 1992 .