The emperor's office
And his library, as they were.
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The summer residence of Bao Dai, Vietnam's last emperor: a two-storey villa on a pine-covered hill in south-west Da Lat, known as Palace III. It was built between 1933 and 1938 to designs by the French architects Paul Veysseyre and Arthur Kruze, in a restrained Art Deco style with flat roofs and broad windows opening onto gardens at front and back. The rooms keep much of their original furniture: on the ground floor the reception hall, the emperor's office and library and the meeting rooms, where a painting of Angkor Wat given to Bao Dai by Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia still hangs; upstairs the private apartments of the emperor, the empress and their children. The palace is a short drive from the centre and takes about an hour, and the gardens in front are in flower all year.
And his library, as they were.
A gift from Prince Sihanouk.
In flower all year.
1 Trieu Viet Vuong Street, south-west Da Lat
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