Built in 1897 by French architect Eugène Ferret, Saigon Opera House, also known as The Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City, is an example of French Colonial architecture in Vietnam. The 800 seat building was used as the home of the Lower House assembly of South Vietnam after 1956, and was not until 1975, after the Fall of Saigon, that it was again used as a theatre. In 1998, on the occasion of 300th anniversary of the founding of Saigon, the municipal government had the theatre façade restored.
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