Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long

The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành Thăng Long; chữ Hán: 皇城昇龍) is a complex of historic buildings associated with the history of Vietnam located in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam. Its construction began in 1010 and was completed in early 1011 under the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ of the Lý dynasty. Most of the existing structure is dated to the extensive reconstruction of the old Imperial Citadel ordered by Gia Long in 1805, but the Citadel (except for the North Gate and the Flag Tower) was largely demolished by the French to allow more land for offices and barracks.

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Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long ranks #176 of 3,734 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 5 mapped in Vietnam. Founded 1010, it is older than 94% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 146 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. See how Vietnam compares in the castle statistics.

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