Ba Đình Square

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Ba Đình Square is a historic central square in Hanoi, Vietnam, best known as the site where President Hồ Chí Minh declared the country’s independence in 1945 and where his mausoleum now stands.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Ba Dinh Square 0 2
Ba Đình Square, Hanoi 0 1
Quảng trường Ba Đình 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
public square
adjacentTo Botanical Garden of Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Museum
One Pillar Pagoda
Presidential Palace of Vietnam
city Hanoi
coordinateLocation 21.036°N 105.834°E
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
culturalSignificance symbol of Vietnamese independence
dateOfSignificantEvent 2 September 1945
hasMonument Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
national flagpole at Ba Đình Square
hasNearbyBuilding Government offices of Vietnam
surface form: Government Office of Vietnam

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam
National Assembly Building, Hanoi
surface form: National Assembly House of Vietnam

President of Vietnam
surface form: Office of the President of Vietnam
hasNearbyStreet Hùng Vương Street
Ngọc Hà Street
Điện Biên Phủ Street
hasPart National Assembly Building, Hanoi
surface form: Ba Đình Hall (former National Assembly Building site)

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
flagpole
grass lawns
walkways
heritageStatus symbolic center of Vietnamese state power
inception mid-20th century
languageOfToponym Vietnamese
locatedIn Hanoi
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ba Đình District
locatedInContinent Asia
locatedInRegion Tonkin
surface form: Northern Vietnam
maintainedBy authorities of Ba Đình District
namedAfter Ba Đình Uprising
notableFor large open ceremonial space in central Hanoi
location of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
national flag-raising ceremonies
site of Hồ Chí Minh’s independence speech
officialName Ba Đình Square self-linksurface differs
surface form: Quảng trường Ba Đình
owner Government of Vietnam
politicalSignificance seat of major state events of Vietnam
significantEvent Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
significantPerson Ho Chi Minh
surface form: Hồ Chí Minh
touristAttraction yes
usedFor military parades
national ceremonies
political gatherings
public commemorations
tourism

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government offices of Vietnam adjacentTo Ba Đình Square
Ba Đình District contains Ba Đình Square
Hanoi contains Ba Đình Square
Ba Đình District hasLandmark Ba Đình Square
this entity surface form: Ba Dinh Square
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum locatedIn Ba Đình Square
this entity surface form: Ba Dinh Square
subject surface form: Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long
National Assembly of Vietnam meetingPlace Ba Đình Square
this entity surface form: Ba Đình Square, Hanoi
Presidential Palace of Vietnam nearby Ba Đình Square
Ba Đình Square officialName Ba Đình Square self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Quảng trường Ba Đình