Top 10 historic and famous prisons
VOV.VN -Travel website www.touropia.com recently updated its list of the world’s top 10 historic and famous prisons— including the Hoa Lo Prison (Maison Centrale) in Hanoi in the No.10 slot.
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The prison was originally built by the French to house political prisoners and later used for POWs during the Vietnam War. In 1999 a Hilton Hotel opened in Hanoi and was carefully named the Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel. |
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Rounding out the list of top 10 include Alcatraz- the most famous prison in the US, |
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Tower of London, in UK |
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Devil's Island in France, |
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Chateau d’If in France, |
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Goree Island in Senegal, |
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Robben Island in Cape Town, South Africa, |
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Elmina Castle in Ghana, |
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Port Arthur in Tasmania, Australia, |
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and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia. |
