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Bedroom at the Saigon Morin Hotel
There are pictures of this hotel in other articles on Hue, showing its...
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View from Saigon Morin at Dawn
Every morning right around dawn, street vendors prepared food for sale on the...
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Palace: Ngo Mon Gate
The main gate to the palace is in the south, just north to the Perfume River,...
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View from Ngo Mon Gate to Flag Tower
Looking South from the gate, you see the flag tower.
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Citadel River Landing
This is the landing at the river, right below the flag tower, a day...
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Citadel River Landing
Same as before.
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Palace: View from Ngo Mon Gate
Looking North, you can see (in the background) the Thai Hoa...
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Palace: Thai Hoa Pal
And here the same view unobstructed.
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043 Hue Pal V fr Tahi Binh Rdg Pav
We passed through the Thai Hoa Palace and past a few buildings, among...
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East Gate to Dien Tho
This gate leads to the Dien Tho, the quarters of the dowager empress....
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Dien Tho Walls
Nature playfully rejuvenates herself, but the walls will have to be...
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Dien Tho South Gate
A wall is put between the gate and the portion of the dowager empress's...
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Dien Tho
This is the wall, from a Southern view, with the living quarters in the back.
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Hung Mieu
Moving back South on the Western periphery of the palace, we ended up in the...
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Hung Mieu Detail of Roof
A type of gargueil, perhaps. There was no shortage of dragons in the palace,...
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Ancestral Urns at The Mieu
These urns are in the courtyard south of the The Mieu, one for each...
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The Mieu
This is the The Mieu, viewed from the south. It houses shrines, one...
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The Mieu
The The Mieu again.
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Hiem Lam Cac Gate
This gate leads to the The Mieu from the south. You can see one of the...
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Hiem Lam Cac Gate
The same gate, as you approach the center building from the outside, South.
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Hiem Lam Cac Gate
And the Western part of the gate (from inside the enclosure). It was a...
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Unrestored Gate S of Dien Tho
Here is a gate that has not (yet) been restored.
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The Mieu
A different view of the The Mieu, from outside of its enclosure.
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Hue Tinh Tam Lake
Two days later, it rained. This lake is inside the citadel, a bit...
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Hue Tinh Tam Lake
Same location as prior picture, looking south.
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