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Located on a beautiful countryside, outskirt of Hanoi, 17km away
from Hanoi downtown, Co Loa Citadel is completely different to
other historical relics. This relic is considered as the special
cultural cradle of both Hanoi City and Vietnam generally. In the
past, Co Loa was the capital of Au Lac Kingdom – An Duong Vuong
dynasty (3rd century BC) and of Dai Viet kingdom – Ngo Quyen
dynasty (10th century). Co Loa is a vestige and prominent
evidence that still exist until now. Co Loa Citadel is regarded
as the most ancient citadel with largest size and highest scale,
its design is also listed into the most unique citadel in
Vietnam’s history of constructing ramparts during the old days.
Co Loa Citadel was built in a spiral-shaped type (hence called
Loa citadel – a speaker shape citadel). According to the legend,
the citadel has 9 walls, and is surrounded by deep moats which
could let boats transfer easily. Nowadays, there are only 3
walls left, with total length of 16 km: the Outer Wall (Thành
ngoại) with perimeter of 8km, the Middle Wall (Thành trung) has
polygonal shape and perimeter of 6.5 km and the Central Wall
(Thành nội) has rectangular shape, perimeter of 1.6 km, used to
the residence of King An Duong Vuong with the court, today it’s
the place where the temple is built and as well as other
historical relics of Co Loa. |
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21.11233, 105.87187 |
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