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Stone mandarin
Detailed carving
Tower of the emperor
Octagonal Stele Pavilion
Thien Dinh - main building
Thien Dinh
Dragon banister
Gilt statue of the emperor
Wall decoration of porcelain & glass
Tomb of Minh Mang (died 1840) - Sung An Temple
Sung An Temple
Bronze lion
Gardens around the tomb
Lake of the New Moon
Minh Lau Pavilion
Buddha statue
Hue Citadel - Flag Tower
37 m high (tallest in Vietnam)
Vietnamese flag
5 of the 9 Holy Cannons (each weighs 10 tonnes)
Ngo Mon Gate - entrance to the Imperial Enclosure
Ngo Mon Gate
Drum Tower
Thai Hoa Palace
Inside a mandarin hall
Colourful gateway
Colourful gateway
Colourful gateway
Pavilion
Drum Gate
Nine Dynastic Urns (cast 1835-6)
Carving on the urns
More colourful...
...gates
In need of repair
Forbidden Purple City - destroyed during Tet Offensive (1968)
Not much left
Except the emperor's old reading room
The streets of Hue - cyclo
Transport by cyclo
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