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The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Sian, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c: With which are Incorporated "The China Directory" and "The Hong Kong List for the Far
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in the center of the garden in front of the cathedral, and the square is thus known as
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Bronze statue of Pigneau de Behaine and Prince Cảnh on the square, circa 1900s
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initially occupied the site of the future statue in the garden's center
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City square
Paris Commune Square in 2014
Ho Chi Minh City
District 1
Ho Chi Minh City
10°46′46″N 106°41′58″E / 10.779344°N 106.699457°E / 10.779344; 106.699457
Vietnamese
square
District 1
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Lê Duẩn Boulevard
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon
Đồng Khởi Street
Central Post Office

fountain

French colonial period
Pigneau de Behaine
Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh
First Republic of Vietnam
Vietnamese
Vietnamese
Vietnamese
assassinated U.S. President
Fall of Saigon
Provisional Revolutionary Government
The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Sian, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c: With which are Incorporated "The China Directory" and "The Hong Kong List for the Far East"
Vietnam Business Magazine

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