Hoa Lo Prison

Hoa Lo Prison is located at 1 Hoa Lo Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. The relic still stands the test of time until today, a clear testament to a period of hardship and hardship, symbolizing the indomitable and resilient spirit of patriotic Vietnamese people. Hoa Lo Prison, also known as Hoa Lo Prison, formerly known in French as Maison Centrale, meaning central prison, and in Vietnamese as Hanoi Prison, is an old prison located on Hoa Lo Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. This prison was built by the French in 1896 in an area that was still on the outskirts of the city at that time, with the purpose of serving as a central prison for both Central and Northern regions, detaining mainly political prisoners and patriots who opposed the colonial government. During the French colonial period, Hoa Lo prison was designed and built with a structure consisting of 4m high, 0.5m thick stone walls reinforced with electric steel wires. The entire prison area is divided into 4 zones: A, B, C, D, of which: Areas A and B: for prisoners under investigation, unimportant prisoners or prisoners who violate prison discipline. Area C: for French or foreign prisoners. Area D: for prisoners awaiting death penalty. The total area of ​​the entire former prison area was more than 12,000 square meters. However, today only 2,434 square meters are retained and preserved to become a relic site, serving the purpose of sightseeing and tourism for those who want to come and see with their own eyes what the colonial prison scene looked like. Dubbed the "hell on earth" and the scariest prison in Southeast Asia, during its time of operation, Hoa Lo prison has become a detention place for many generations of Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers and activists with a prison architecture designed with extremely barbaric and cruel forms of torture and forced confessions, most notably the guillotine machine, which has put the prison in the top 10 most notorious prisons in the world. After liberating the capital in 1954, Hoa Lo prison was used to detain American pilot prisoners of war until 1973. With its historical role, Hoa Lo prison has now become an interesting tourist destination in Hanoi, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists. This place is open to everyone who needs and wishes to visit with an extremely affordable ticket price of 30,000 VND/person, with a 50% discount for pupils, students, people with disabilities, the elderly or those who are subject to social policies. In addition, subjects such as children under 15 years old, people with severe disabilities or people with meritorious services to the Revolution will be completely exempted from ticket prices.

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Ngày cập nhật : 11/03/2023