Six more jewels in Shanghai's architectural crown

Longmencun

Longmencun, or Dragon Gate Village, was well-known in Shanghai early last century. This neighborhood on Shangwen Road with 4-meter-wide alleys is the only one in the city that embraces 76 houses of various foreign styles and is classed as a city-level immovable cultural relic. When it was announced in 1932 that the land would be used for housing, wealthy people snapped it up and called in architects to design and build garden villas for them. All of the houses have fireplaces, in Shanghai a preserve of the rich in those days, and one big family lived in a three-story house.

Address: Lane 133, Shangwen Road, Huangpu district