9: Hué – Kings, Wars and Recovery Photo Gallery by Paul Dudley at pbase.com

9: Hué – Kings, Wars and Recovery

Enormous damage was done to the Citadel and other historic sites in Hué in 1968 by a few weeks of American bombardment.
There are plans to restore and rebuild everything with UNESCO support, but it will take 100 years. That's assuming no more war.

Festival Hué Hotel	Festival Hué Hotel Foyer	Street football, bare feet	Retrieving a lost ball	All the best tourists travel this way
Xung Khiem Pavilion	Xung Khiem Pavilion from the boat landing	Thuong, our guide and protector	Very young tourist	Entrance to Tu Duc's tomb
Entrance to Tu Duc's tomb	Mausoleum of Tu Duc	Spirit Barrier	Entrance to Tu Duc tomb complex	Steps to side gate
Garden detail	Stairway detail	Maker of conical hats	Maker of incense sticks	Thai Hoa palace
Courtyard and gate	Restored gate	Please remind me where I took this	Not a telephone box	The Mieu Temple
Sacred Urns	More sacred urns	Entrance to the "Forbidden City"	From the Ngo Mon Gate	Lantern
Restored gate	From the Nghu Phung Pavilion	Moat, seen from the Ngo Mon Gate	Skink in a garden	In a private garden
Decorations in a private garden	Decorative pond with Australian tree	A modern decorated garden	Orchids	River scene – 1
River scene – 2	Boys on a ferry	Ferry	Unloading sand	Washing clothes in the river
Boats in a canal	Food stall in the market	Paper footwear for ancestors	Paper gifts for the deceased	Money to burn
Fruit stall, Hué market	Furniture removalist	AIDS sign	Notre Dame Cathedral	Cathedral Interior
Cathedral Interior	Looking up into the cupola	Notre Dame Cathedral detail	Mr Cu, photographer	Speed, on the Perfume River
Slow, on the Perfume River	The two tourists with an ancient turtle	Probably not a nice man	Looking up the Perfume River	Roof repairs
Security man	Jackfruit and black pepper	Memorial to government appointee		Octagonal Tower from northwest
Thien Mu Pagoda	Looking across Perfume River	Sunset on Perfume River	Thap Phuoc Duyen octagonal tower from the south	Meal on the Perfume River

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