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The complex of Hue Monuments
The complex of Hue
Monuments
straddling the Perfume River, most of which remaining unchanged were
officially recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 2003 by
UNESCO.
The Imperial City of
Hue, the capital of Viet Nam during the reign of the Nguyen Dynasty,
the last one in Viet Nam is one of the oldest cities in Viet Nam.
The complex of Hue
Monument is a typical example about the sophisticated combination
between architecture and nature, the Eastern and Western
architecture based on the North and the South in compass, which have
3 rounds: the outside one is the
wall, the middle is the
imperial citadel and the imperial palace is in the last one.
Palaces are splendid and magnificent along grandiose
Ky Dai and
Ngo Mon. On the yard of The Mieu (Temple), there is a treasure
called nine crowns decorated with picturesque and vivid patterns
about nature, plants, animals and customs of Vietnamese, reflecting
technological achievement and cooper casting art in the 19th
century.
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royal tombs have their own architectural style and characteristics
full of different impression of 9 Nguyen different dynasties.
There are some
antique temples that still remain now such as Thien Mu, Dieu De, Tu
Dam, Thuyen Ton, Thanh Duyen…
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