Northern Vietnam
Hanoi
Ba Đình District

Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long

The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long is a complex of historic buildings associated with the history of Vietnam located in the centre of , . Its construction began in 1010 and was completed in early 1011 under the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ of the Lý dynasty.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: old imperial citadel in Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Hoang thanh Thang Long”, “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”, “Imperial Citadel of Thang Long”, “Imperial Citadel of Thang Long-Hanoi”, “Kinh thành”, “Thăng Long Imperial Citadel”, and “Tử cấm thành Thăng Long”
  • Address: Hà Nội
Photo: Manu25, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ba Dinh Square.

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The President is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President Ho Chi Minh in , . is situated 590 metres west of Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.

Square
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Ba Đình Square is the name of a square in where president Ho Chi Minh read the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. is situated 480 metres west of Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.

Photo: Jorge Láscar, Public domain.
The of , located in the city of , currently is the official residence of the president of Vietnam and the seat of the presidential office. Before 1954, it was named the Palace of the Governor-General of Indochina. is situated 720 metres northwest of Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thái Hà Ấp.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.

Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long

Latitude
21.03575° or 21° 2′ 9″ north
Longitude
105.84024° or 105° 50′ 25″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
7PH72RPR+83
Open­Street­Map ID
way 696913691
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12189004
Wiki­data ID
Q206219
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Basque: “Thăng Longeko Hiri Inperiala”
  • Catalan: “Ciutadella Imperial de Thăng Long”
  • Catalan: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Chinese: “Hông-siâⁿ Seng-liông”
  • Chinese: “升龙皇城”
  • Chinese: “昇龍皇城”
  • Chinese: “河内升龙皇城”
  • Croatian: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Croatian: “Thang Long”
  • Czech: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Czech: “Thanglongské královské město”
  • Dutch: “Centrale gedeelte van de keizerlijke citadel van Thang Long - Hanoi”
  • Dutch: “Keizerlijke stad van Thăng Long”
  • Esperanto: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Esperanto: “Thang Long”
  • Finnish: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Finnish: “Thăng Longin keisarillinen linnoitus”
  • French: “cité impériale de Thang Long”
  • French: “Cité impériale de Thang Long”
  • French: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Georgian: “თანგ-ლონგის სამეფო ქალაქი”
  • German: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • German: “Kaiserliche Zitadelle von Thang Long”
  • German: “Zitadelle Thăng Long”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת טהאנג לונג”
  • Italian: “Città imperiale di Thang Long”
  • Italian: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Japanese: “タンロン皇城”
  • Japanese: “タンロン遺跡”
  • Japanese: “昇龍皇城”
  • Korean: “탕롱 왕궁”
  • Korean: “탕롱 황성”
  • Latvian: “Tanlonas citadele”
  • Lithuanian: “Tanglongo citadelė”
  • Maithili: “थाङ लोङक शाही कोट”
  • Malay: “Kubu kota empayar Thang Long”
  • Maltese: “Ċittadella Imperjali ta‘ Thăng Long”
  • Maltese: “Ċittadella Imperjali ta’ Thăng Long”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hông-siâⁿ Seng-liông”
  • Mingrelian: “თანგ-ლონგიშ ომაფე ნოღა”
  • Nepali: “थाङ लोङको शाही कोट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det keiserlige citadell i Thang Long”
  • Norwegian: “Det keiserlige citadell i Thang Long”
  • Persian: “دژ سلطنتی ثونگ لونگ”
  • Polish: “Cytadela Cesarska w Hanoi”
  • Polish: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Imperial de Thang Long”
  • Portuguese: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Russian: “Ханойская цитадель”
  • Serbian: “Цитадела Танг Лонг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thang Long”
  • Slovak: “Cisárska citadela Thăng Long”
  • Slovak: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Slovenian: “Cesarska citadela Thăng Long”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad imperial de Thang Long”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad imperiale de Thang Long”
  • Spanish: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Spanish: “Thang Long”
  • Swedish: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Swedish: “Thang Longs kejserliga stad”
  • Thai: “ป้อมปราการหลวงทังล็อง”
  • Turkish: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Turkish: “Thăng Long İmparatorluk Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ханойська цитадель”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • Yue Chinese: “昇龍皇城”
  • “Hoàng thành Thăng Long”
  • “Imperial Citadel of Thang Long”

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