■ 年代:建于1936年
■ Age: Built in 1936
■ 坐標(biāo):南岸區(qū)龍門浩棗子灣15號
■ Address: No.15, Zaoziwan, Longmenhao Street, Nan 'an District
南岸區(qū)龍門浩棗子灣15號建于1936年,建筑面積224平方米,為兩樓一底磚木結(jié)構(gòu)中西式建筑,呈一字形布局,人字坡小青瓦屋面,磚柱抹灰墻體。2018年,南岸區(qū)政府對該建筑完成了復(fù)建工作。
意大利大使館舊址曾設(shè)于此地,意大利大使館是重慶抗戰(zhàn)期間重要的駐渝外事機(jī)構(gòu),是抗戰(zhàn)歷史的可靠見證,為研究重慶抗戰(zhàn)史、民國外交史提供了重要的實(shí)物資料。
1938年8月4日,意大利駐華使節(jié)亞歷山大由漢口抵渝,在這里開館辦公。1940年7月24日,意大利大使館代辦師秉禮到此任職,8月2日向國民政府主席林森遞交國書。1941年7月,意大利政府承認(rèn)汪精衛(wèi)在南京建立的親日偽政權(quán),國民政府與之?dāng)嘟?,關(guān)閉了當(dāng)時(shí)的意大利大使館。
比利時(shí)大使館代辦勞德山于1938年10月8日到渝任職。1941年4月4日,比利時(shí)新任駐華大使紀(jì)佑穆抵渝上任。當(dāng)時(shí),比利時(shí)大使館因辦公場所狹窄,便租用了意大利大使館原來的房屋,于1941年9月進(jìn)駐。
進(jìn)駐南岸區(qū)龍門浩棗子灣15號后,正值日本飛機(jī)對重慶進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)略轟炸,日機(jī)盤旋在市民居住區(qū)、機(jī)關(guān)、學(xué)校、商業(yè)街等人口稠密和繁華地區(qū)的上空,進(jìn)行多批次、不間斷的疲勞轟炸。重慶城在日軍的輪番轟炸下成為一片火海,四處都是炮彈的巨響。在此期間,比利時(shí)大使館慷慨捐款救濟(jì)數(shù)千重慶難民,還幫助戰(zhàn)爭遺孤,撫平他們身心的傷痛。
1943年5月5日,比利時(shí)大使館遷駐棗子灣23號。同年10月20日,紀(jì)佑穆大使代表比利時(shí)政府與國民政府在此簽訂《中比平等新約》。1946年5月,由于國民政府還都南京,比利時(shí)大使館也撤離龍門浩遷往南京。
新中國成立后,該建筑由南岸區(qū)房管部門接管,分配給當(dāng)?shù)鼐用袷褂谩?017年,重慶市規(guī)劃局和市文物局對龍門浩歷史文化街區(qū)首開區(qū)文物建筑進(jìn)行了就近選址布局。2018年,南岸區(qū)政府對該建筑完成了復(fù)建工作。
The building at No.15, Zaoziwan, Longmenhao Street of Nan 'an District was built in 1936 with a construction area of 224 square meters. Having two floors above the ground and built with brick and wood structure, the building adopts both Chinese and western architecture style. Arranged in a straight line, the building has plastered brick walls and a herringboned roof that is covered by gray tiles. Nan'an District Government completed the reconstruction of the building in 2018.
The former site of the Italian Embassy was once located here. The Embassy was an important foreign institution in Chongqing during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Being a solid witness to the history of the War, the site provided important materials for studying the history of the War in Chongqing and the diplomatic history of the Republic of China.
On August 4, 1938, Italian diplomatic envoy Alexander arrived in Chongqing from the city of Hankou and opened the Italian Embassy here. On July 24, 1940, the Chargé D 'Affaires of the Italian Embassy took up his post and presented his credentials to Lin Sen, President of the Republic of China on August 2. In July 1941, the Italian government recognized the pro-Japanese puppet regime established by Wang Ching-wei in Nanjing. Subsequently, the national government the Republic of China severed diplomatic ties with Italy and closed the Italian Embassy.
On October 8, 1938, the Charge D 'Affaires of the Belgian Embassy took up his post in Chongqing. On April 4, 1941, Belgium's new ambassador to China arrived in Chongqing. Due to the lack of office space, the Belgians rented the building of the Italian Embassy and moved in in September 1941.
That establishment at No.15, Zaoziwan, Longmenhao Street, Nan 'an District was during the time when Japanese planes were carrying out strategic bombing of Chongqing, circling over densely populated and prosperous areas such as residential areas, government agencies, schools and commercial streets to launch small-scale and uninterrupted bombing. The city became a sea of fire under the repeated bombing by the Japanese army and bombs could be heard everywhere. It was during that time that the Belgian Embassy made generously donations to the relief of thousands of Chongqing refugees and also helped the orphans of the war to ease their physical and mental pain.
On May 5, 1943, the Belgian Embassy moved to No. 23 Zaoziwan. On October 20 of the same year, the Belgian Ambassador signed the New Treaty of Equality Between China and Belgium on behalf of the Belgian government with the national government of the Republic of China. In May 1946, as the national government was moved back to Nanjing, the Belgian Embassy also withdrew from Longmenhao Street and moved to Nanjing.
After the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, the building was taken over by the housing authority of Nan'an District that assigned its usage to local residents. In 2017, Chongqing Municipal Urban Planning Bureau and the Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage selected a nearby site and arranged the cultural relics in the firstly-opened area of Longmenhao Historical and Cultural Street. In 2018, Nan'an District Government completed the reconstruction of the building.