President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum | |
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Location | Ba Đình district, Hanoi, Vietnam |
Coordinates | 21°2′12″N 105°50′5″E / 21.03667°N 105.83472°E |
Area | 12.000 m2 |
Height | 21.6 m (70 ft 10 in) |
Built | 1973–75 |
Built for | Ho Chi Minh |
Architect | Garol Isakovich |
Architectural style(s) | Stripped Classicism |
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President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Struggle for Independence
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The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh) is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam.[1][2] It is a large building located in the center of Ba Đình Square, where Ho, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Vietnam lived from 1951 until his death in 1969, read the Declaration of Independence on 2 September 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. It is open to the public every morning except Monday and Friday.[3]