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District 1 District 1 may refer to: * I District, Turku, in Finland * District 1, Düsseldorf, a district in Düsseldorf, Germany * Sector 1 (Bucharest), also known as District 1, in Bucharest, Romania * District I, Budapest in Budapest, Hungary * District ...

Ho Chi Minh City , population_density_km2 = 4,292 , population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2 , population_demonym = Saigonese , blank_name = GRP (Nominal) , blank_info = 2019 , blank1_name = – Total , blank1_ ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

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Paris Commune The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended ...

Công xã Paris Square ( vi, Công trường Công xã Paris, "

Square") is a small square located in

, downtown

. It lies between Lê Duẩn Boulevard and Nguyễn Du Street and surrounds the

Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon ( vi, Vương cung thánh đường Chính tòa Đức Bà Sài Gòn or ; french: Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saïgon), officially Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception ( vi, V� ...

. This is also the starting point of the famous

Đồng Khởi Street Đồng Khởi Street (Vietnamese: ''Đường Đồng Khởi''), formerly known as Rue Catinat and Tự Do Street, is a street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. History The street was originally named after the French Warship Catinat that part ...

. The square is surrounded by two remarkable architectural works: Notre-Dame Cathedral and Central Post Office.

History

The square was originally named ''Place de la Cathédrale'' (roughly translated "Cathedral Square") dated back to the French colonial period. In 1903, the colonial government erected a bronze statue of French Catholic priest

Pigneau de Behaine Pierre Joseph Georges Pigneau (2 November 1741 in Origny-en-Thiérache – 9 October 1799, in Qui Nhơn), commonly known as Pigneau de Béhaine (), also Pierre Pigneaux, Bá Đa Lộc ("Pedro" 百多祿), Bách Đa Lộc ( 伯多祿) and ...

and juvenile Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh in the center of the square. It was brought down in October 1945 leaving behind an empty statue pedestal. There was no statue on the site until 1959 under the First Republic of Vietnam, when a new statue of Our Lady of Peace ( vi, Tượng Đức Bà Hòa Bình) was erected in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The square itself was called Hòa Bình Square ( vi, Công trường Hòa Bình, literally "Peace Square"). In May 1964, the South Vietnamese government renamed it to President John F. Kennedy Square ( vi, Công trường Tổng thống John F. Kennedy) honoring the assassinated U.S. President. The current name was coined after the Fall of Saigon, literally means "Paris Commune Square".

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