General Post Office Building
The General Post Office Building is the head post office of Shanghai, China. Built in 1924, the four-story building is located at 395 Tiandong Road, at the north end of the Sichuan Road Bridge, on the banks of the Suzhou Creek.Photo: Legolas1024, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: building in Hongkou, China
- Also known as: “General Post Office Building, Shanghai” and “Shanghai General Post Office”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Post museum and Rockbund Art Museum.
Rockbund Art Museum
Museum
The Rockbund Art Museum is a contemporary art museum in central Shanghai. The museum is on Huqiu Road, in the former Royal Asiatic Society building completed in 1933 near The Bund waterfront. Rockbund Art Museum is situated 440 metres southeast of General Post Office Building.
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 510 metres east of General Post Office Building.
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.
General Post Office Building
- Category: multi-story urban building
- Location: Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.24648° or 31° 14′ 47″ northLongitude
121.4805° or 121° 28′ 50″ eastInception
1924Levels
5Open location code
8Q336FWJ+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 11629370OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q10868085
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“General Post Office Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “上海邮政总局”
- Chinese: “上海郵政總局”
- Japanese: “上海郵政総局”
- Russian: “Здание главного почтамта Шанхая”
- Russian: “Здание главного почтамта”
- Wu Chinese: “上海邮政总局”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sichuan Road Bridge and Derring Apts.
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