Attractions in Hué
The Emperor's City
The emperor's city, a square citadel of 600 metres length to each
side, is the most important historical attraction of Hué
and probably the most important historical attraction in
all of Vietnam. The emperor's city was built in 1804 exactly after
the model of the palace city in Beijing.
A roughly square
inside area of about 300 metres to each side was the forbidden
city, which only the emperor and his immediate court were
allowed to enter. The entire imperial city is surrounded by a
7 to 10-metre thick wall.
The forbidden city inside is again surrounded
by a one meter strong wall. However, the buildings inside the
forbidden city were for the most part destroyed during the Communist
Tet offensive and the reconquest by South Vietnamese and American
troops in 1968.
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