Japanese merchants of Hội An paid for a covered wooden bridge over a creek of the Thu Bồn; a pagoda was later added on its north side, and in 1719 lord Nguyễn Phúc Chu named it Lai Viễn Kiều, the bridge for guests from afar.
Construction
Japanese Bridge built at Hội An
- 1593
- Southeast Asia
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