What are the styles and uses of the international architecture on the Bund in Shanghai? How can I go in and visit?

The international architecture of Shanghai Bund includes various styles of architecture, such as Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classical, Renaissance, and the combination of Chinese and Western styles. They are landmark buildings in Shanghai, and many of them are national key cultural relics protection units. Opening hours: all day, ticket price: free.

The outstanding buildings in the world complex include: Asia Building, Beneficial Building, Nissin Building, China Commercial Bank Building, Telegraph Building, etc. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The Bund World Architecture Expo Group is the shadow of a century-old Shanghai and a portrayal of old Shanghai capitalism. There are 52 buildings of various styles here, such as the Customs Building, the South Building and the North Building of the Peace Hotel, and the former HSBC Building, such as Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classical, Renaissance, and the combination of Chinese and Western styles.

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Related history;

1, Shanghai Bund World Complex This building is located at the eastern end of Nanjing Road and is connected with the Bund. Most of them have a history of 100 to 120 years. It is an excellent typical building in Shanghai, mostly eclectic and baroque in the early 20th century. These buildings with both classicism and modernism have become the symbol of Shanghai.

2. After1840, Shanghai, as one of the five major trading ports, began to open to the outside world. Old scene of the Bund 1845 British colonists occupied the Bund and established the British Concession. 1849, French colonists also seized the Bund and established the French Concession. From then on to the early 1940s, the Bund was successively occupied by the British Concession and the French Concession, which were called "the Bund in the British Concession" and "the Bund in France" respectively.

3. 1849, France also classified 986 mu of land on the south side of the British concession as a French concession. However, it was not until the beginning of the last century, especially in the twenties and thirties, that the towering and uneven world architecture Expo group stood by the river.

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