Province Lam Dong Province | ||
Address số, 1 Triệu Việt Vương, Phường 4, Tp. Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam Hours Open today · 7AM–6:30PMInternational Women's Day might affect these hoursWednesday(International Women's Day)7AM–6:30PMHours might differThursday7AM–6:30PMFriday7AM–6:30PMSaturday7AM–6:30PMSunday7AM–6:30PMMonday7AM–6:30PMTuesday7AM–6:30PM Similar Datanla waterfall, Trúc Lâm Temple, Tuyền Lâm Lake, Domaine de Marie, St Nicholas Cathedral | ||
The Third Mansion of the Vietnamese last emperor is located in the mid of Love Forrest, Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, Vietnam, on the top of a hill which the project Ernest Hebrard empowered the ownership of the land to the mansion. The Mansion is the residence of Bao Dai King, the last emperor of Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam. It was built in 1933-1938. The whole mansion itself attributes to the typical European style since both its front and backyard have flower gardens.
Similar to the Second one, the Third is a massive building with flat roofs The mansion has two floors:
The ground floor: It was used to celebrate formal ceremonies to warmly welcome foreign politicians and important government officials. The front door has a moderate width about 4 meters, and there is a main hall which is an entrance to the reception room and working rooms. Besides, Bao Dai’s office for paperwork is situated on the rights on the same side with the library. The left side is the meeting and conference rooms. A drawing room is located more inwards than the other rooms; this is a place for relaxing and entertaining activities. The mansion was designed with passages that make rooms join to exterior spaces, making the building environmentally friendly and close to nature. On the wall of the stateroom is the picture of Angkor Wat Temple which was given Bao Dai by the Cambodian King.
The second floor was the place with bedrooms of the Queen, the Princes and Princesses. Especially, there is a balcony where the King and the Queen did sightseeing at full-moon nights, so it had the name “Moonlight Balcony”.