Astor House Hotel
The Astor House Hotel, known as the Pujiang Hotel in Chinese from 1959–2018, was described as once "one of the famous hotels of the world". Established in 1846 as Richards' Hotel and Restaurant on The Bund in Shanghai, it was located at 15 Huangpu Lu…Photo: jaaronfarr, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: hotel in Shanghai
- Also known as: “Richards‘ Hotel and Restaurant”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waibaidu Bridge and Broadway Mansions.
Waibaidu Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Waibaidu Bridge, called the Garden Bridge in English, is the first all-steel bridge, and the only surviving example of a camelback truss bridge in China. Waibaidu Bridge is situated 130 metres southwest of Astor House Hotel.
Broadway Mansions
Hotel
Photo: Livelikerw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Broadway Mansions is a nineteen-floor Art Deco five-star hotel in Shanghai, China. and was for over five decades one of the primary symbols of Shanghai.
Huangpu Park
Park
Photo: Till.niermann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huangpu Park is the name of the triangular stretch of green at the northern end of the Bund in Shanghai, the oldest and smallest park of the city. It is the site of the large Monument to the People's Heroes, commemorating those who helped to free China from foreign occupation, and of the Bund Historical Museum, which documents the history of the Bund in old photographs. Huangpu Park is situated 290 metres south of Astor House Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waitan and Huangpu.
Huangpu
Photo: Jhong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huangpu is an administrative district of Shanghai, the traditional center of the city, with People's Square, the Bund, the East Nanjing Road pedestrian mall and many other attractions.
Old City
Photo: Haros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old City is the area inside the ancient walled city of Shanghai; it is one of the most picturesque areas of the city, with many buildings in traditional Chinese style.
Astor House Hotel
- Category: hotel
- Location: Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.24629° or 31° 14′ 47″ northLongitude
121.48642° or 121° 29′ 11″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Levels
7Open location code
8Q336FWP+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 293504494OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
6501151Wikidata ID
Q877527
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Astor House Hotel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “浦江飯店”
- Chinese: “浦江饭店”
- Chinese: “礼查饭店”
- Chinese: “禮查飯店”
- Danish: “Astor House”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فندق استور هاوس”
- French: “Astor House Hotel”
- Indonesian: “Astor House Hotel”
- Japanese: “浦江飯店”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Astor House”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pujiang Hotel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Richard’s Hotel and Restaurant”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Richard’s Hotel”
- Norwegian: “Astor House”
- Spanish: “Astor House Hotel (Shanghai)”
- Spanish: “Astor House Hotel”
- Wu Chinese: “浦江饭店”
- Yue Chinese: “浦江飯店”
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