Italian version of cottage

Italian version of cottage

Although the Roman Empire had occupied the vast empire across Europe, but the succession of the Roman Empire in Italy was far less than the glorious predecessors, then prestige. However, the early twentieth century, Italy has also been in China a share, the only concession the Italian sit ever fall in Tianjin. Hebei District, Tianjin Haihe River south from the north to the progressive Road, Minsheng Road, east to west, north-An Road, about hundreds of thousands of square meters of area, that is, the Italian concession in the past.

The Qing dynasty, twenty-eight years (A.D.
1902), Italian Minister Ga Farina and Tianjin in Tianjin, the signing of the Customs Road, Tang Shao-yi, "the statute of Tianjin Allcock concession contracts" to designate the Italian concession. This is Italy's only concession abroad.

Among the nine countries concession in Tianjin, Italy concession area is not large, relatively late establishment of liberation was once turned into a residential compounds, but unexpectedly the Italian concession will be preserved complete, the original streets and buildings remained original appearance, forming a unique Italian-style buildings, including the different styles of Italy was a time when all kinds of different forms of a total of 76 buildings.

Because it was intended to Municipal Council on the Settlement of housing in the strict design review to require architectural style shall not be repeated, thus making the whole meaning Austrian style buildings in both areas with distinctive characteristics of Italian and who styles. Walk in this one dotted with towers, pavilions, stone pillars, corridors between buildings, marching on the ground a small brick road, as if Man in Europe, half on the Ning Ik Apennine town.

National Road and Liberty Avenue intersection has a small square-shaped garden (Marco Polo Plaza), small square northeast, northwest, southwest each of two sleek triangular, square tower built Allcock mood villa. The residential villas are two-story building with a basement of brick-wood structure built in the years between 1918 ~ 1922. Most of the street Converting Garden; each of the buildings are in the name of the goddess in Greek mythology named. In particular, building on top of a square tower Juanxiu graceful, forms its own characteristics, with a rich Italian-style romantic style as 1920 on behalf of the Italian concession the most representative of residential construction.

Place the southeast corner of the first workers in Tianjin's Cultural Palace, in the past is Italy's return to power of court settlements. Completed in 1934. Covers an area of 6.17 acres, building area of 6,429 square meters. Housing for the four-story building of reinforced concrete structures. Built tower on the entrance hall, indoor Warrior Stadium, grandstand, gymnasium, bars, discos ... ... and so on, eaves and bay windows, under the Ministry of decorated to match the theme of campaign ribbon carving. Unfortunately, the steeple in 1976, when the earthquake destroyed Tangshan earthquake.

There are many in the region around the well-known former residence of the modern historical figures, such as Liang's drinking ice room den, Yuan Shikai's former residence, Duan Qirui House ... ... and so on, quite worth a visit.