The Flag Tower Hue

Imperial City, Hue , Vietnam
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  • 1

    Festival City

    So I arrived in Hue on the Friday morning..completely unaware that for the next week there was a cultural and heritage festival going on in the city.. In the evening I experienced the opening ceremony which was happening within the city walls. As there was literally thousands of people entering the walls, I decided to just sit in a restaurant with …

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    Hue - no perfume in that river!

    12 photos

    ... where only the concubines, emperors, and those close to them were granted access. By the south gate is Vietnam's tallest flagpole called the Flag Tower. First erected in 1809, almost destroyed in 1947 and re-erected in 1949. It rises 37m-high upon ...

  • 2

    Far Far Hue

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    ... time to boogey! This morning, I headed off to visit the sites of Hue. The Citidel take up a large chunk of the area, seeing the Flag Tower also known as the Kings Knight (the tallest in Vietnam), into the Imperial Enclosure, seeing the Nine Holy ...

  • 3

    5 days in Hue

    ... government from 1802 and 1945, until Uncle Ho forced the abdication of the final emperor.  We visited the old citadel, the flag tower (highest in the country), imperial enclosure and the ruins of the purple forbidden city. In 1968, Hue ...

  • 4

    Hue

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    ... open to tourists. After our long day in the DMZ we spent part of our last day in Hue exploring the Citadel highlights of which included the Flag Tower, Nine Holy Cannons (5 representing the elements and 4 representing the seasons) and the Halls of ...

  • 5

    Historic towns of Hoi An and Hue. Happy 60th mum!!

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    ... all day we walked around the city and took in many of the sites the forbidden city, the imperial enclosure and the flag tower all the while getting soaked and freezing.  The weather and rain was too cold to do the boat trip down to the ...

  • 6

    Time To Get Cultured

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    ... one told us where it had moved to. So instead we looked at the old American tanks. From there we walked to the flag tower, Vietnam's tallest tower that was first erected in 1809 and has been knocked down and rebuilt a bunch of times. By the flag ...

  • 7

    Imperial City

    ... 'Ngo Mon Gate' where we went upstairs to a giant pavilion called the 'Five Phoenix Watchtower' which was a good viewpoint across to the flag tower. We sat for a while before making our way back to our moped where we were asked to pay a 10,000 dong ...

  • 8

    Swift Visit to Hue

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    ... of the citadel are 10km long in total and contain many monuments and sights. We saw the imperial palace, a few temples, the flag tower, a lake and 4 (of 9) holy cannons! There is also a museum with some tanks and other ...

  • 9

    Hue Overview

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    ... and the 6 metre wall runs around its 2.5 km perimeter and like Beijing was reserved for the emperor. Sights to see around the citadel are the flag tower; this has a 37 metre flag pole that can be seen from many locations in the citadel city and for me ...

  • 10

    Oh the heat!!

    ... for the citadel, an enclosed area of the town on the north of the river where old palaces and temples stand. We see the flag tower, the nine holy canons, the Thai hoa palace, and the nine dynastic urns. Some of the gates surrounding the buildings were ...