Above: Scaled map of Hoi An's historical areas.
Map redrawn and adapted by Timothy M. Ciccone from Kien truc pho co Hoi An Viet Nam, by The Gioi Publishers. Latitude and longitude coordinates added based on GPS data collected by the editor in Nov 2005, calibrated for the WGS 84 map datum..
| Visual Index of Hoi An Sites (SiteName and description) | |||
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All Chinese Assembly Hall (1773 onward) Assembly hall for all five Chinese minority communities. |
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Cantonese Assembly Hall (1786 onward) Assembly hall for Hoi An's Cantonese Community. |
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Dinh Cam Pho (unknown age) A communal meeting house on the west end of Hoi An. |
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Hai Nam Assembly Hall (1883 onward) An assembly hall built after Vietnamese forces mistakenly killed 108 merchants at sea. |
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Hoi Quan Quang Dong (1786, restored 1855 onward) This assembly hall was built by Cantonese Chinese merchants. |
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Japanese Bridge (17th century) A well-preserved covered bridge that is the architectural hallmark of Hoian. |
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Minh Huong Ancestral Hall (unknown age) (Please assist the editor in locating substantive information on this building). |
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Phuc Kien Assembly Hall (c. 1690 onward) Assembly hall built by the Fukienese community for the goddess Thien Hau. |
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Phung Hung House (19th century) An old house just to the west of the Japanese Bridge. |
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Quang Thang House (19th century or earlier) A beautiful old merchant home at 77 Tran Phu Street. |
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Tan Ky House (early 19th century) The restored home of a prosperous Vietnamese merchant. |
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Trading Ceramics Museum (c. 1858) An old house converted into a museum of Hoi An's ceramic ware tradition. |
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Tran Family Shrine (early 18th century onward) Shrine to the ancestors of a family that emigrated from China in the 18th century. |
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Trieu Chau Assembly Hall (1845 onward) Shrine to General Phuc Ba, a god with the power to calm the sea. |
About Hoi An
Established in the 15th century, the town of Hoi An was an important trading hub where Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese merchants conducted business with each other and with foreigners from the West. It is located about 30 kilometers south of Danang on an estuary of the Thu Bon river.
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All images copyright 2005 Timothy M. Ciccone. Photographed in late November, 2005.
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