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This is a small ancient town located 30km southeast of
Danang. It was once famous and prosperous since the 16th & 17th
centuries as a port where Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and Italian
traders exchanged their goods, even built houses and lived here. Rows of
houses with original mixed architecture of Vietnamese, Chinese and
Japanese styles can be found in the town. Many houses were built with
precious wood and decorated with wood carving panels, parallel sentences
and supported by wood pillars meticulously carved with flowers. Only
being to Hoi An do tourists find the reason why Hoi An becomes a Worlds
Cultural Heritage. |