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  2. Imperial City of Huế - Wikipedia

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    The citadel's plan in the Đại Nam nhất thống chí. The diagram is oriented with south at the top The diagram is oriented with south at the top Enthronement of Emperor Bảo Đại in the Imperial City in 1926 with the Emperor's palanquin escorted from Hall of Diligent Governance (Điện Cần Chánh) to the Throne Hall

  3. 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 ...

  4. Meridian Gate (Huế) - Wikipedia

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    The Meridian Gate to the Imperial Citadel, Huế Closer view of the gate. The Meridian Gate (Vietnamese: Ngọ Môn, Chữ Hán: 午門), also known as the South Gate, is the main gate to the Imperial City, Huế, located within the citadel of Huế.

  5. Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth - Wikipedia

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    The late night ceremonies of Nam Giao held in the Esplanade in the modern era were first held after many years as part of the Huế Festival in 2004, and are today held biennially with the officials of the Communist Party of Vietnam City Committee and the City People's Government of Huế, as well as the People's Committee and CPV Committee of the Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, in the name of ...

  6. Quảng Trị Citadel - Wikipedia

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    According to documents, at the beginning of emperor Gia Long's reign, Quang Tri citadel was constructed in the Tiền Kiên ward. In 1809, wanting to secure the North of the then capital Phú Xuân, the emperor ordered to move the citadel to Thạch Hãn commune (i.e. the present location), which he deemed a position with strategic advantages in terms of politics, economy, and military.

  7. Battle of Huế - Wikipedia

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    Apart from the headquarters staff and a handful of support units, the only combat units in the Citadel were the division's 36-man Reconnaissance Platoon and its reaction force, the elite Hac Bao (Black Panther) Reconnaissance Company. 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of the Citadel, on the north bank of the Perfume River, was the Van Thanh ...

  8. Imperial Academy, Huế - Wikipedia

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    Imperial Academy in the Thần kinh thập nhị cảnh (神京二十景) set of landscape paintings painted in the 5th year of Thiệu Trị, 1845. After the unification of Vietnam, Emperor Gia Long decided to move the capital from Hanoi to Huế.

  9. Government of the Nguyễn dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Nguyễn dynasty, officially the Southern dynasty (Vietnamese: Nam Triều; chữ Hán: 南朝) [a] and commonly referred to as the Huế Court (Vietnamese: Triều đình Huế; chữ Hán: 朝廷化), centred around the emperor (皇帝, Hoàng Đế) as the absolute monarch, surrounded by various imperial agencies and ministries which stayed under the emperor's presidency.