Cổ Loa Citadel
Cổ Loa Citadel is an important fortified settlement and archaeological site in present-day Hanoi's Đông Anh District, roughly 17 kilometers north of present-day Hanoi, in the upper plain north of the Red River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 16,500 residents
- Description: Archaeological site in Vietnam
- Also known as: “Cổ Lóa” and “Co Loa Citadel”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Co Loa.
Co Loa
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Cổ Loa is a modern day town and ancient former capital of Northern Vietnam, slightly Northeast of the current capital of Hanoi.
Cổ Loa Citadel
- Category: archaeological site
- Location: Đông Anh District, Hanoi, Northern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Cổ Loa Citadel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “古螺”
- Chinese: “古螺城”
- French: “citadelle de Cổ Loa”
- French: “Citadelle de Cổ Loa”
- French: “Co Loa”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Cổ Loa”
- Japanese: “古螺”
- Korean: “꼬 로아”
- Korean: “꼬로아”
- Korean: “꼬로아성”
- Polish: “Cổ Loa”
- Portuguese: “Cidadela de Co Loa”
- Slovenian: “Citadela Cổ Loa”
- Swedish: “Co Loa”
- Thai: “ป้อมปราการโก๋ลวา”
- Vietnamese: “Cổ Loa”
- Vietnamese: “Thành Cổ Loa”
- Yue Chinese: “古螺城”
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