Photos: A closer look at the Stilt House of Uncle Ho
VOV.VN - Located near the Presidential Palace in the Ba Dinh District of Hanoi, immediately west of the Old Quarter, the complex surrounding the Uncle Ho Stilt House is home to some of the nation’s most important cultural and historical memorabilia.
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View of a modest wooden house Uncle Ho opted to live in from December 1954 to mid-May 1958 rather than the opulent nearby Presidential Palace |
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Cars once belonging to Uncle Ho in the garage near the house |
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Photo of a 300-foot path called ‘Mango Alley’ leading from the visitors' entrance of the complex, around a carp pond, to the stilt house Uncle Ho lived in from 1958 until his death in 1969 |
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View of stilt house across the carp pond |
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Guests touring the small two-storey stilt house |
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Nearby meeting room where President Ho Chi Minh presided over many important meetings of the Politburo |
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Modest office of Uncle Ho on the second storey of the stilt house |
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A bedroom next to the office |
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House 67, where Uncle Ho held many high-level meetings with the Politburo during the period 1967-1969, sits behind the stilt house |
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The date on the calendar reads September 2, 1969, the date of the passing of Uncle Ho |
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The time on the clock halts at 9:47 am, the exact time he passed |
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View of a room used to provide medical treatment for Uncle Ho from August 24 to September 2, 1969 |
