1000 year Thang Long Citadel - Hanoi

1000 year Thang Long Citadel - Hanoi

Vietnam has a lot of ancient cities with unique and valuable architecture, especially the Thang Long Citadel - the thousand-year capital of Vietnam. Being a massive architectural work, Thang Long Citadel was built by kings in many historical periods and became the most important historical monument in the system of Vietnamese relics.

In 2010, Thang Long Citadel was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage. And also from this moment, Thang Long Citadel becam a famous attraction to visitors to Hanoi.



After thousands of years of history, palaces and garrisons of this palace complex have been ruined but the relics still exist in the relics such as Kỳ đài, Đoan Môn, Điện Thiên, Hậu Lâu, Bac Mon ... still partly recreated the appearance of the ancient Thang Long citadel. - Photo: Tran Duc Khoi

When visiting the central area of ​​Thang Long Citadel, Ky Dai is often the place where visitors choose to come first. The station is often called by Hanoi people with a name close to the Hanoi Flagpole, although it has spent hundreds of years of rain and sunshine in Ky Dai still exist till today.


Hanoi flagpole was built in 1805, completed in 1812. This is an architectural work intact and most spectacular in the Imperial Citadel of Hanoi. - Photo: vietnamtourism


It is a remnant of the Nguyen Dynasty. The flagpole architecture consists of three base layers, the column body and the top. - Photo: Nguyen Manh Thuy



The entire flagpole is about 33 meters high, including the flagpole column, which is about 41 meters. In the body of the flagpole, there is a spiral staircase leading up to the top. Standing at the top of the flagpole, visitors can see the city of Hanoi including the whole of Thang Long Imperial Citadel. - Photo: Nguyen Ngoc Khanh


Continuing along the main axis of Thang Long Imperial Citadel, visitors will encounter a magnificent royal gate, Doan Mon. Built horizontally and u-shaped in the Le dynasty and repaired during the Nguyen Dynasty. - Photos: Collectibles



The two sides have a staircase leading visitors to the second floor of Doan Mon, on the second floor of Doan Mon is built as a small communal house for the king to discuss with the writers. In the French period, this place was built as a blockhouse and garrison of French soldiers. - Photos: Collectibles



Leaving Doan Mon and continuing straight, go to Kinh Thien electricity area, which is considered a vital center on Long Do mountain (dragon navel), the grave of the ancient Thang Long capital city.

The Celestial Power of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long has always been regarded as the main hall of power during the reigns of Ly, Tran and Le. By the Nguyen Dynasty, when the kings moved their capital to Hue, Kinh Thien Palace was brought to the Thien Thien Palace every time the King went to the North. Later when the French invasion gave away the supply of the Celestial Palace to act as the headquarters of France.


At present, Kinh Thien only has a stone shelf before Kinh Thien consisting of four stone dragons divided into three paths to electricity. - Photo: Dang Dinh



The dragon is made of blue stone, the head looks up to the sky, the mouth is pearl-shaped, the back is cloudy and flames, the body of the dragon is softly bent. This is the dragon carving art of the Le period. - Photos: Collectibles

Located behind Kinh Thien Palace is D67 residence area. This is a small house very simple, it is the historical resistance zone in Hoang Thanh Thang Long, the revolutionary command center of the Vietnam People's Army during the war.


Visitors to the D67 house will see firsthand the simple items of the headquarters in the past. - Photo: PhanHong


This D67 residence can be seen as the most modern building of the entire Hoang Thanh Thang Long ruins area and there are many quite unique and interesting rooms that tourists can visit.

Returning to the main road of the center of Thang Long Citadel, visitors continue to visit Hau Lau relic. This work has been repaired and restored quite a number of times, so it is no longer the same as the original look.


Hau Lau is considered the harem, the residence of the Queen, the princess and the lady ... So that Hau Lau is also called the Princess floor. - Photos: Collectibles


Later when France invaded, Hau Lau was remodeled as a resting place for the French army, so architecture had a mixture of Asian - European styles - Photo: PhanHong


On the main axis of Hoang Thanh Thang Long area, Bac Lau is the last station visitors will go through. Bac Mon is the only port left beside the ruined gates of Hanoi during the Nguyen Dynasty. The building was built according to the arched architecture, on the gate of the temple is the temple of Nguyen Tri Phuong and Hoang Dieu, two heroes who protected Hanoi to the last breath before the invaders. Arctic is an interesting destination for most visitors to Hanoi.


Arctic-Thang Long Citadel - Photo: PhanHong 



The bell of the church in the North - Photo: PhanHong

An additional place that visitors cannot ignore when visit Thang Long Citadel is an archaeological relic site of 18 Hoang Dieu. The artifacts here are a testament to the once-glorious existence of the dragon land that flew through the years of Vietnamese national history.


Archaeological site 18 Hoang Dieu - Photo: Labor

On the archaeological ground is the presence of artifacts representing the foundations of the ancient court, and also giving us a better understanding of the continuous development and continuity through the historical epochs. It can be said that there are few capitals of a country in the world but in the underground there exists a population of continuously rich history and stacked like the capital of our country. In this archaeological site, make sure visitors will have extremely interesting discoveries about Vietnam's historical culture.


Peaceful space inside ancient Thang Long Citadel - Photo: Collectibles



Thang Long Citadel shimmering at night - Photo: Doraemon



Ancient in the modern timeline - Photo: PhanHong


Thang Long Citadel relics associated with Thang Long Hanoi history, is a special national relic. Thang Long Citadel is the annual destination of thousands of tourists from all parts of the country as well as international visitors, and is a highlight of Hanoi. Coming to this place, tourists not only admire cultural values ​​but also contribute to widely promote the value of Vietnamese cultural heritage to international visitors. A destination to attract many tourists both Vietnamese and and abroad when coming to Hanoi capital.