Ba Đình Square (Hanoi) | historic town square, green area

Vietnam / Dong Bang Song Hong / Ha Noi / Hanoi
 historic town square, green area
Ba Đình Square (Vietnamese: Quảng Trường Ba Đình) is the name of a famous square in Ha Noi where president Ho Chi Minh read the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. When Ho Chi Minh died, the granite Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum was built here to display his embalmed body. It remains a major site of tourism and pilgrimage. Ba Dinh Square is in the center of Ba Dinh district, near the President's House and opposite the National Assembly.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_Đình_Square
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Coordinates:   21°2'14"N   105°50'9"E
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