Hoàn Kiếm Lake
Hoàn Kiếm Lake, also known as Sword Lake or Tả Vọng Lake, is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: Water area in Hoàn Kiếm Ward
- Also known as: “Sword Lake”
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Turtle Tower and Ngọc Sơn Temple.
Turtle Tower
Monument
Photo: Khoitran1957, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Turtle Tower, also called the Tortoise Tower, is a small tower in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It is one of the most iconic, symbolic and most recognizable pieces of architecture representing Hanoi and the entirety of Vietnam.
Ngọc Sơn Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0.
The Ngọc Sơn Temple is located on a islet in Hoàn Kiếm Lake, central Hanoi, Vietnam.
Saint Joseph Cathedral
Church
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St. Joseph's Cathedral is a Catholic church on Nhà Chung Street, in the Hoàn Kiếm District of Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a late 19th-century Gothic Revival church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hanoi and Hoàn Kiếm.
Hanoi
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam and its second-largest city, is a fascinating blend of East and West, with Chinese influence from centuries of dominance, and French je ne sais quoi from its colonial past.
Hoàn Kiếm
Suburb
Photo: The Hanoian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hoàn Kiếm is a ward of Hanoi, the capital city in the Red River Delta of Vietnam.
Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám
Suburb
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Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám is a ward of Hanoi the capital city in the Red River Delta of Vietnam.
Hoàn Kiếm Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Quảng Ngãi province, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Hoàn Kiếm Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة هوان كيم”
- Chinese: “还剑湖”
- Chinese: “還劍湖”
- Czech: “Jezero navráceného meče”
- Czech: “Jezero zelené vody”
- Dutch: “Hoan Kiem Lake”
- Esperanto: “Lago Hoan Kiem”
- French: “Lac Hoan Kiem”
- French: “Lac Hoan-kiem”
- French: “Petit Lac”
- German: “Hồ Hoàn Kiếm”
- German: “Hoan-Kiem-See”
- Indonesian: “Danau Hoàn Kiếm”
- Italian: “Lago Hoan Kiem”
- Japanese: “ホアンキエム湖”
- Japanese: “還剣湖”
- Khmer: “បឹង ហ័នគៀម”
- Korean: “호안끼엠 호수”
- Korean: “호안끼엠호”
- Portuguese: “Lago Hoàn Kiếm”
- Russian: “Озеро Возвращённого меча”
- Russian: “Озеро Хоан Кием”
- Russian: “Хоанкьем”
- Slovenian: “Hoan Kiem”
- Spanish: “Lago Hoan Kiem”
- Spanish: “Lago Hoàn Kiếm”
- Swedish: “Ho Guom”
- Swedish: “Hoan Kiem”
- Tatar: “Һо Һоан Кием”
- Thai: “Ho Hoan Kiem”
- Thai: “Hoan Kiem Lake”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบคืนดาบ”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบฮหว่านเกี๊ยม”
- Turkish: “Hoan Kiem Gölü”
- Uzbek: “Hoan Kiem koʻli”
- Uzbek: “Hoàn Kiếm koʻli”
- Venetian: “lago Hoan Kiem”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Giả Gươm”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Gươm”
- Vietnamese: “Hồ Hoàn Kiếm”
- Vietnamese: “Hoàn Kiếm hồ”
- Vietnamese: “Hữu Vọng hồ”
- Vietnamese: “Lục Thủy hồ”
- Vietnamese: “Tả Vọng hồ”
- Vietnamese: “Thủy Quân hồ”
- Wu Chinese: “还剑湖”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hoàn Kiếm district and Xóm Pho.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Turtle Tower and Hồ Hoàn Kiếm.
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