Thai Hoa Palace Hue

... , however, have been lovingly restored, complete with rows of perylene maroon lacquered columns lining the throne room of the Thai Hoa Palace, bonsai trees, detailed altars for the Nyugen at The Mieu, and nine bronze dynastic urns. Elephants roam the ...

... sadly, most of the buildings of the Imperial Palace were destroyed in the war in 1968. What remains is the Thai Hoa palace and a couple of reception halls. The intriguing sounding Forbidden Purple City (sounds like something Elton John would build) had ...

... used by Mandarins and civil servants while the other two were used by royal elephants and soldiers. We walked through the Tha Hoa Palace (where major ceremonies were held) which was heavily decorated with red and gold lacquer and watched a video which ...

... of restoration and rebuilding in progress. We mazed through The Mieu temple (dedicated to the 13 Nguyen Royal Emperors); Thai Hoa Palace; the Forbidden Purple City; and finally the Royal Reading Pavilion and Theatre. After finding our way out, through a ...

... so far. The rain continued, and we had a decision to make. Should we follow the herd of people like sheep into the Thai Hoa Palace; the entrance to the forbidden purple city, or explore the grounds first. Ponchos at the ready we chose the lattter and ...

... jade encrusted sword and heavy solid gold ingot which represented his power to the new government in 1945. We then visited the Thai Hoa palace, it's the only major building in the complex to have escaped bomb damage and you can see some of the unrestored ...

... to invent lots of stories around the tomb pretending to fill out her role as guide - and one temple we visited the big Thai Hoa palace. We walked around for a while and then I got dressed up in a traditional dress as emperor and posed for a few ...

... is heavily influenced by the Chinese and Mandarin culture is everywhere, I spent a couple of hours wandering around the Thai Hoa Palace, Hall of Mandarins and Forbidden Purple City. The forbidden city is largely destroyed due again to the Americans and ...

... Thien Mu Pagoda and the Citadel in the centre of Hue, inside which contains the tallest flag tower in Vietnam, nine holy cannons, the Thai Hoa palace and the Forbidden Purple City (nothing really remains of the purple city, so theres just plaques ...

... went to explore. The walls of the citadel are 10km long and two metres in thickness. Within the citadel we saw the thai hoa palace, the halls of the mandarins, the forbidden purple city and the to mieu temple complex. It proved to be an interesting day ...