Former Site of the French Embassy

Former Site of the French Embassy

[Former Site of the French Embassy]

The French Embassy in Nanjing was located at No. 56 Gao Yunling, No. 10 (now No. 17) Jin Yin Street, and No. 4-1 (now No. 4) Ning Xia Road.

No. 56 Gao Yunling is a modern brick-and-wood hybrid structure garden villa, built on a plot of 1,378.5 square meters, purchased before 1937 by He Yaozu, Chief of Staff of the Nationalist Government’s Military Committee and Director of the Military Statistics Bureau (Juntong), under the alias He Guiyan. On January 1, 1946, the French Embassy rented the property, vacating it on December 31, 1949. It is currently used by the Jiangsu Provincial Publishing Bureau and the Provincial Civil Affairs Department Training Center. In 1992, it was listed as a Nanjing Cultural Relics Protection Unit. (In 2002, it was listed as a Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.)

No. 10 Jin Yin Street is a brick-and-wood hybrid Western-style garden villa, built on a plot of 2,054.4 square meters, purchased in 1945 by Liu Jianqun, Vice President of the Nationalist Government, with a construction area of 164 square meters. On March 31, 1947, it was rented by the French Embassy. The lease ended on December 31, 1949, and it now serves as residential housing.

No. 4-1 Ning Xia Road is a Western-style garden building with a brick, wood, and concrete structure, built on a plot of 679.1 square meters, purchased before 1937 by Zhou Zhaotang of the Nationalist Government, under the name of his wife Ling Weina. In March 1947, it was first rented by the French Embassy, then later occupied by French residents. The lease ended in December 1949, and it is currently used as residential housing.