Đại nội, Huế - The capital of the Nguyen Lords, Vietnam

            Kinh thành Huế được vua Gia Long tiến hành khảo sát từ năm 1803, khởi công xây dựng từ 1805 và hoàn chỉnh vào năm 1832 dưới triều vua Minh Mạng. Hiện nay, Kinh thành Huế có vị trí trong bản đồ Huế như sau: phía nam giáp đường Trần Hưng Đạo và, Lê Duẩn; phía tây giáp đường Lê Duẩn; phía bắc giáp đường Tăng Bạt Hổ; phía đông giáp đường Phan Đăng Lưu.

Bên trong kinh thành, được giới hạn theo bản đồ thuộc các đường như sau: phía nam là đường Ông Ích Khiêm; phía tây là đường Tôn Thất Thiệp; phía bắc là đường Lương Ngọc Quyến và phía đông là đường Xuân 68.

Kinh thành Huế có 3 lớp: Kinh Thành, Hoàng Thành, Tử Cấm Thành.

Hue is the capital city of Thua Thien - Hue province, Vietnam. Between 1802 and 1945, it was the imperial capital of the Nguyen Dynasty. It is well known for its monuments and architecture. Its population stands at about 340,000 people.

Hue originally rose to prominence as the capital of the Nguyen Lords, a feudal dynasty which dominated much of southern Vietnam from the 17th to the 19th century. In 1775 when Trinh Sam captured it, it was known as Phú Xuân. In 1802, Nguyen Phuc Anh (later Emperor Gia Long) succeeded in establishing his control over the whole of Vietnam, thereby making Hue the national capital.

Hue was the national capital until 1945, when Emperor Bao Dai abdicated and a communist government was established in Ha Noi (Hanoi), in the north. While Bao Dai was briefly proclaimed "Head of State" with the help of the returning French colonialists in 1949 (although not with recognition from the communists and the full acceptance of the Vietnamese people), his new capital was Sai Gon (Saigon), in the south.

In the Vietnam War, Huế’s central position placed it very near the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam; however, the city was located in South Vietnam. In the Tết Offensive of 1968, during the Battle of Huế, the city suffered considerable damage not only to its physical features, but its reputation as well, most of it from American firepower and bombings on the historical buildings as well as the massacre at Huế committed by the communist forces. After the war’s conclusion, many of the historic features of Huế were neglected because they were seen by the victorious regime and some other Vietnamese as "relics from the feudal regime"; the Vietnamese Communist Party doctrine officially described the Nguyen Dynasty as "feudal" and "reactionary." There has since been a change of policy, however, and many historical areas of the city are currently being restored.

(Trích wikipedia.org/From wikipedia.org)

Taken in: Vietnam / Thura Thien-Hue / Huế (show map)

Taken on: August 29, 2010

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