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  2. Imperial City of Huế - Wikipedia

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    The Citadel has 10 gates including: Chính Bắc gate (more familiar as cửa Hậu (Back gate), located at the back of the Citadel). Tây-Bắc gate (more familiar as cửa An Hòa (An Hoa gate), named after the village here). Chánh Tây gate; Tây-Nam gate (more familiar as cửa Hữu (Right gate), at the right side of the Citadel).

  3. Huế - Wikipedia

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    During this time, the settlement of Hoa Chau province began, which included the area of present-day Thừa Thiên. Map of Thua Thien province in 1909 Map of Hue citadel in 1885 Between the settlement of Thuận Hóa (1306) to the founding of Phú Xuân (1687), there were conflicts and uncertainties for the local people, which including the fall ...

  4. The Complex of Huế Monuments - Wikipedia

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    The complex consists of Hoàng thành (the Imperial City), Kinh thành (the Citadel), and the Tử Cấm Thành (Purple Forbidden City), as well as associated monuments outside of the city, including the tombs of the emperors Gia Long, Minh Mạng, Thiệu Trị, Tự Đức, Dục Đức, Đồng Khánh, and Khải Định, and a string of ...

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Quảng Ninh, Bắc Giang, and Hải Dương: 2014 5940; (ii), (iii), (v), (vi) (cultural) The site is a series of monuments and landscapes located on Đông Triều mountain range. This is the homeland of the Trần dynasty of Đại Việt in the 13th and 14th century, and the ancestral land of Trúc Lâm Zen Buddhism. This area is known for ...

  6. Tay Loc Airfield - Wikipedia

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    The fight for control of the airfield continued until dawn when 1st Division commander General Ngô Quang Trưởng called the Black Panthers back to defend the 1st Division headquarters in the northeast corner of the Citadel. [2] All aircraft at the airfield were destroyed in the fighting including 4 newly delivered O-2s. The airfield was ...

  7. Battle of Huế - Wikipedia

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    The walls of the Citadel form a square with sides of 2,500 meters. The outer stone wall is one meter thick, five meters high and is separated from the inner wall by dirt fill. The distance between the walls varies from 75 meters to 17.5 meters. Half the population lived within the Citadel in 1 or 2 story houses surrounded by stone walls.

  8. List of monarchs of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Cổ Loa Citadel (257 BC,939 – 967) Imperial Citadel of Hoa Lư (968–1009) Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (1010–1400; 1428–1789) Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (1400–1407) Imperial City of Huế (1802–1945) Pretender(s) Guy Georges Vĩnh San (son of Emperor Duy Tân)

  9. Hoa Lư (city) - Wikipedia

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    The citadel of Ninh Bình (1884) The name of Ninh Binh officially existed since 1822. [ 1 ] During the Nguyen dynasty , in August 1884 in the Tonkin campaign , the allegiance of Ninh Bình was of considerable importance to the French, as artillery mounted in its lofty citadel controlled river traffic to the Gulf of Tonkin .