Vietnam · 19th century
Citadel of Hai Duong ranks #8,498 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #10 of the 10 mapped in Vietnam. Founded 1804, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Vietnam compares in the castle statistics.
The Citadel of Hai Duong, also called Thành Đông, is an old citadel of the Nguyễn dynasty. The citadel was built of earth in 1804 and used as the seat of the administrative apparatus of the Hải Dương garrison town. The citadel was largely destroyed by the French colonialists in 1889. However, some remains of this citadel can still be seen in Thành Đông ward, Hải Phòng city.
Machine-translated from “Thành Hải Dương” on the Vietnamese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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