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  2. 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 ...

  3. Imperial City of Huế - Wikipedia

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    The Citadel have 10 gates include: 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).

  4. 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 ...

  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. 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)

  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. French conquest of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    On 14 December 1883, 5,500 French attacked 9,500 Chinese and Black Flags in Sơn Tây, and took the citadel on 17 December. French forces captured Bắc Ninh, Hưng Hóa, and Thái Nguyên citadels in March and April 1884, and arrived at Lạng Sơn in June. In November the French citadel of Tuyên Quang was besieged by 15,000 Chinese. The ...

  9. Tây Sơn wars - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the conflicts was back to the 15th century, when Vietnamese monarch Lê Thánh Tông (r. 1460 – 1497) started adopting the Ming-inspired Confucian reform over the country, [7] led the kingdom reached its height as a prosperity and regional superpower, its population expanded from 1.8 million in 1417 to 4.5 million people at the end of his reign.