History
HISTORY
During the 1890s, explorers in the area (including the noted bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin, protégé of the renowned French chemist Louis Pasteur), which was then part of the French colony of Cochinchina, asked the French governor-general, Paul Doumer, to create a resort center in the highlands. The governor agreed. The original intended site for the hill station was Dankia, but Étienne Tardif, a member of the road-building expedition of 1898-99, proposed the current site of Dalat instead and city was born.
Over the next 20 years development established the city of Dalat as a hill station and resort for all of Indo China. In 1907 the first hotel was built in Dalat.
Urban planning was carried out by Ernest Hébrard.Hébrard included the requisite health complex, golf course, parks, schools, and homes but no industry.
The French endowed the city with villas and boulevards, and its Alpine charms remain today.
The legacy of boarding schools where children from the whole of Indochina were taught due to the temperate climate and outdoor activities being widely available. Teaching was conducted by French priests, nuns, and expatriates still existed in Dalat as late as 1969 before relocating to Bangkok Thailand and now the Dalat School (name retained but not connected to the city since 1968) can be found in Malaysia.
HISTORY
During the 1890s, explorers in the area (including the noted bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin, protégé of the renowned French chemist Louis Pasteur), which was then part of the French colony of Cochinchina, asked the French governor-general, Paul Doumer, to create a resort center in the highlands. The governor agreed. The original intended site for the hill station was Dankia, but Étienne Tardif, a member of the road-building expedition of 1898-99, proposed the current site of Dalat instead and city was born.
Over the next 20 years development established the city of Dalat as a hill station and resort for all of Indo China. In 1907 the first hotel was built in Dalat.
Urban planning was carried out by Ernest Hébrard.Hébrard included the requisite health complex, golf course, parks, schools, and homes but no industry.
The French endowed the city with villas and boulevards, and its Alpine charms remain today.
The legacy of boarding schools where children from the whole of Indochina were taught due to the temperate climate and outdoor activities being widely available. Teaching was conducted by French priests, nuns, and expatriates still existed in Dalat as late as 1969 before relocating to Bangkok Thailand and now the Dalat School (name retained but not connected to the city since 1968) can be found in Malaysia.