11 19 Vietnam SaPa Museum SaPa chuch through time

Sa Pa 1927–2017 6 photos of this spot

6 photographs taken at the same spot in Sa Pa, spanning 1927–2017 — 3 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A museum display in Sa Pa, in the highlands of northern Vietnam, presents this view of the town's market dated to 1927, when it served as a trading point for the region's hill communities.

11 19 Vietnam SaPa Museum SaPa market 1927 A museum display in Sa Pa, in the highlands of northern Vietnam, presents this view of the town's market dated to 1927, when it served as a trading point for the region's hill communities.

11 19 Vietnam SaPa panoramic view of SaPa 1930 A wide panoramic view over Sa Pa, the hill station the French colonial administration developed in the mountains of northern Vietnam's Hoang Lien Son range. By 1930 the town had become a retreat for Europeans seeking cooler air away from the Red River Delta lowlands.

11 19 Vietnam SaPa Museum Fansipan Hotel 1930 The Fansipan Hotel and its adjoining museum building in Sa Pa, photographed in 1930 during the French colonial period, when the town's cool mountain climate drew visitors up from the plains of Tonkin.

11 19 Vietnam SaPa Museum SaPa chuch 1986 A photograph from the Sa Pa Museum collection, dated 1986, showing a church in Sa Pa, a former French hill station in northern Vietnam's Lào Cai Province.

11 19 Vietnam SaPa Museum outside entrance 2017 The entrance to a museum in Sa Pa, photographed in November 2017. Sa Pa is a hill town in Vietnam's mountainous Lao Cai Province, known for terraced rice fields and its ethnic minority communities.

11 19 Vietnam SaPa Museum Mangin Villa 2017 Mangin Villa at the Sapa Museum, 2017. The building is a restored example of the French colonial villas once built in Sapa as the hill town developed into a highland retreat in the early 20th century.