Military Architecture

Hue Imperial City Architecture

For nearly 400 years (1558-1945), Hue was the metropolis for nine king dynasties, which was first established since Tran dynasty (1366). That was the capital city of Tay Son dynasty, until the 13 kings of Nguyen dynasty. Former imperial city of Hue still reserved many tangible and intangible heritages, which are the symbols of Vietnamese [...] Read more >>

Tay Do Citadel Architecture

Tay Do citadel or Ho Dynasty citadel (The only stone citadel left in South East Asia), was built by Ho Quy Ly in 1397 under Tran Thuan Tong king dynasty (1388-1398).This is a rare big scale stone architecture of Vietnam, and it is the unique in the South East Asia. It is also one of [...] Read more >>

Hoa Lu Imperial City Architecture

Hoa Lu citadel is located in Truong Yen commune, Gia Khanh district, Ninh Binh province, about 100km from the West South from Hanoi. After Co Loa, Hoa Lu is the typical building of the method of building base on the advantages of natural land. Perhaps due to that fact, Hoa Lu has the unique shape [...] Read more >>

Co Loa citadel Architecture

Co Loa citadel (Dong Anh – Hanoi) is said to have 9 spiral rounds, but from the remain relics, scientists recognized there are three rounds. The furniture of this citadel could be done under the Ngo Quyen dynasty. The circumference of this is more than 8km. The inside round is 1,6km, the centre area is [...] Read more >>

Overview about Military Architecture

This is the architecture which includes bastion, citadel, city gate, etc. The architect of military and national defense in Vietnam contains the shapes and arrangement of square, rectangular, regular polygon, circle, star and other special figures. The material for this type is very plentiful. In the mountainous area, people use green marbles which is whittled [...] Read more >>