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Two gates by waterway connecting the Citadel with the outside through the Ngu Ha system are Dong Thanh Thuy Quan (east citadel water gate) and Tay Thanh Thuy Quan (west citadel water gate) In the middle of the front of the Citadel is a flag tower, called Ky Dai.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The Lê dynasty, also known in historiography as the Later Lê dynasty (Vietnamese: "Nhà Hậu Lê" or "Triều Hậu Lê", chữ Hán: 朝後黎, chữ Nôm: 茹後黎 [b]), officially Đại Việt (Vietnamese: Đại Việt; Chữ Hán: 大越), was the longest-ruling Vietnamese dynasty, having ruled from 1428 to 1789, with an interregnum between 1527 and 1533.
The Citadel of Saigon (Vietnamese: Thành Sài Gòn [tʰâːn ʂâj ɣɔ̂n]) also known as the Citadel of Gia Định (Vietnamese: Thành Gia Định; Chữ Hán: 嘉定城 [tʰâːn ʒaː dîˀn]) was a late 18th-century fortress that stood in Saigon (also known in the 19th century as Gia Định, now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam from its construction in 1790 until its destruction in February ...
Lệ Thủy (listen ⓘ) is a district of Quảng Bình province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam.The district borders Quảng Ninh district on the north, Vĩnh Linh district (Quảng Trị province) on the south, Laos on the west (with the Annamite Range as natural borderline).
Map of ancient Asia shows location of the Âu Việt state of Nam Cương and other Viet’s kingdoms. According to folklore, prior to Chinese domination of northern and north-central Vietnam, the region was ruled by a series of kingdoms called Văn Lang with a hierarchical government, headed by Lạc Kings ( Hùng Kings ), who were served by ...