Imperial Citadel

The Imperial City or Imperial Palace also known as Đại Nội, is a royal enclosure within the walled city of , the former imperial capital of during the Nguyễn dynasty.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Saturday: 7:30 AM—5:30 PM
    Sunday: 6:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: walled enclosure within the citadel of Huế, Vietnam
  • Also known as: “Hoàng Thành Huế”, “Hue Citadel”, “Imperial City of Hue”, “Imperial City of Huế”, and “Imperial City, Huế”
  • Address: 23 Tháng 8, Huế, Thừa Thiên - Huế

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hue and Thai Hoa Hall.

Photo: BluesyPete, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Huế, formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province, is a centrally-governed city in central Vietnam, located approximately at the center of the country, and an educational, medical, and cultural hub.

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: Lưu Ly, CC BY 3.0.
Huế station is a railway station in the city of , on the main North–South railway. The street address is No.2 Bùi Thị Xuân Street, , Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam. is situated 1½ km south of Imperial Citadel.

Imperial Citadel

Latitude
16.46897° or 16° 28′ 8″ north
Longitude
107.57813° or 107° 34′ 41″ east
Open location code
7P89FH9H+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5182931945
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q10769129
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Imperial Citadel” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hueko Hiri Inperiala”
  • Chinese: “大内（顺化）”
  • Chinese: “順化皇城”
  • Chinese: “顺化皇城”
  • Dutch: “Huế monumentencomplex”
  • Dutch: “Keizerlijke stad van Huế”
  • Esperanto: “Imperia Urbo de Huế”
  • French: “Citadelle de Hué”
  • French: “Cité Impériale d’Hue”
  • French: “Cité impériale de Hué”
  • French: “Kinh thành Huế”
  • German: “Kaiserstadt”
  • German: “Zitadelle von Huế”
  • Hebrew: “העיר הקיסרית של הואה”
  • Italian: “Città imperiale di Huế”
  • Japanese: “フエ王宮”
  • Japanese: “京城”
  • Japanese: “皇城”
  • Japanese: “順化皇城”
  • Japanese: “順化皇宮”
  • Khmer: “រាជធានីអធិរាជហ្វេ”
  • Korean: “후에 성”
  • Korean: “후에 황성”
  • Korean: “후에성”
  • Latvian: “Hues citadele”
  • Malay: “Kota Diraja Huế”
  • Maltese: “Kumpless tal-Monumenti ta‘ Huế”
  • Maltese: “Kumpless tal-Monumenti ta’ Huế”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Imperial de Huế”
  • Russian: “Императорская цитадель”
  • Slovenian: “Cesarsko mesto Huế”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Imperial de Hue”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad imperial de Huế”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Imperial de Huế”
  • Swedish: “Kejsarstaden Huế”
  • Ukrainian: “Імператорське місто”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại nội Huế”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại Nội”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàng thành Huế”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàng thành Nhà Nguyễn”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàng Thành”
  • Vietnamese: “Kinh thành Huế”
  • Yue Chinese: “大內”
  • Yue Chinese: “順化皇城”
  • Yue Chinese: “順化皇宮”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Great Gateway of the Palace and Purple Forbidden City.

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