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The Five-Dragon Gate into the main hall of Lý Bát Đế Temple. The main hall, Đền Đô, Đô Temple. Five Dragon Gate and Water Pavilion. The Lý Bát Đế Temple or Đô Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Lý Bát Đế [ʔɗen˨˩ li˧˦ ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ ʔɗe˧˦] or Đền Đô [ʔɗen˨˩ ʔɗo˧˧]), formal Buddhist name Cổ Pháp Điện, is a temple near Hanoi of which the central ...
The Diocese of Phát Diệm (Latin: Dioecesis de Phat Diem) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960. The diocese covers an area of 1,787 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hanoi.
This entire complex is spread over an area of 15 acres (6.1 ha). [4] The two-tonne bronze bell in the bell tower was hauled up over a ramp made of earth. A climb to the top of the bell tower provides a complete scenic view of the town. [1] There is a platform in front the bell tower made of two layers of very large stone slabs.
Mỹ Đức is a district (huyện) of Hanoi in the Red River Delta region of Vietnam.. Mỹ Đức district is bordered by Ứng Hòa district to the east, Hòa Bình province to the west, Hà Nam province to the south and Chương Mỹ district to the north.
The upper floor is dedicated to the three monarchs who contributed most to the foundation of the temple and the academy: Lý Thánh Tông (1023–1072), who founded the temple in 1070, Lý Nhân Tông (1066–1127), who founded the Imperial Academy, and Lê Thánh Tông (1442–1497), who ordered the erection of the turtle stone stelae of ...
The three main avenues in the district, Lạc Long Quân, Âu Cơ, and An Dương Vương, were names of leaders of early Vietnamese civilization.The smaller streets in the district are named after renowned Vietnamese poets, artists and music composers, such as Xuân Diệu, Tô Ngọc Vân, Trịnh Công Sơn, Nguyễn Đình Thi and Đặng Thai Mai.
Phủ Lý was taken by the French canonnière l'Espingole and 28 men captained by Adrien-Paul Balny d'Avricourt on October 26 1873, shortly before Balny's death together with Francis Garnier at Hanoi's West Gate. [1] In the aftermath of World War II, Phủ Lý was where a significant number of VNQDĐ leaders were captured by the Việt Minh in ...
Sơn Tây (listen ⓘ) is a district-level town ("thị xã") in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.It was the capital of Sơn Tây province before merging with Hà Đông province to form Hà Tây province in 1965.