Long An Palace is the place displaying the most Nguyen Dynasty antiques.

Long An Palace – the palace considered the most beautiful in Hue Citadel – Photo: NHAT LINH

Long An Palace relic is currently located at 3 Le Truc ( Hue City), built in 1845 under King Thieu Tri.

This period is considered to be the peak of development of Nguyen Dynasty's royal art, so this palace converges the quintessence of royal architecture and decoration.

According to historical records, in 1845, King Thieu Tri built Bao Dinh Palace next to the Imperial City, with many structures such as palaces, halls, pavilions, etc., and of which Long An Palace was the main structure of this palace system.

During the construction of the palace, King Thieu Tri, who was famous for his love of poetry, had hundreds of poems carved and assembled on the interior and exterior of the palace, turning it into a unique museum of poetry.

After many events of the time, in 1923, King Khai Dinh issued an edict to use Long An Palace as the headquarters of Khai Dinh Museum.

Long An power grid frame is built with more than 100 precious ironwood trees - Photo: NHAT LINH

Long An Palace has a double-storey architecture, in the style of “trùng thiễm diệp ốc”, which means a structure made up of two buildings connected by roofs. The front hall has 7 compartments and 2 single wings, the main hall has 5 compartments and 2 double wings.

The entire temple with a total ground area of ​​over 1,000m2 ^is placed on a high embankment, curbed with marble and stone. The Long An temple frame is built by over 100 ironwood pillars placed on stone pedestals.

The original roof of Long An Palace was covered with yellow glazed yin-yang tiles, with nearly ten layers of tiles underneath, the roof divided into many layers to reduce the heaviness. The top of the main roof of the palace was decorated with a dragon's head wearing a pearl, the two ends of the ridge were attached with dragon's back, and the four corners of the ridge had dragon, unicorn, turtle and phoenix statues made of mortar inlaid with porcelain.

Many researchers consider Long An Palace to be the palace with the most beautiful architecture in the ancient Hue citadel and is currently the wooden structure with the most unique architecture in Vietnam.

The Nguyen Dynasty throne is currently on display at Long An Palace, while Thai Hoa Palace in the Imperial Citadel is being restored – Photo: NHAT LINH

Currently, this palace is a place to display and preserve about 9,000 royal antiques as well as valuable artifacts and documents related to the Nguyen Dynasty and the formation of Dang Trong. Long An Palace is currently the headquarters of the Hue Royal Antiquities Museum.

Recently, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and inspected the display and preservation of antiques at the museum.

The Prime Minister has asked the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province to coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to establish a project to build a museum in a more suitable location, returning space to the Long An Palace relic.

Some pictures of Long An Palace currently displaying precious antiques of the Nguyen Dynasty:

The Nguyen Dynasty king's ceremonial dress, next to the royal shoes of King Khai Dinh, are displayed inside Long An Palace - Photo: NHAT LINH

The interior space of Long An Palace. This place is considered a unique poetry museum under the Nguyen Dynasty – Photo: NHAT LINH

The palanquin that King Bao Dai used to travel around the ancient royal palace is currently on display at Long An Palace - Photo: NHAT LINH

Unique wooden architecture, elaborate carvings on the truss and wooden beam system of Long An Palace - Photo: NHAT LINH

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