Bricks used to build Hue Imperial Citadel are still bright red after hundreds of years

Video : Bricks used to build Hue Imperial Citadel are still bright red after hundreds of years

On the afternoon of November 4, Mr. Hoang Viet Trung, Director of the Hue Monuments Conservation Center, said that prolonged rain and floods caused a section of the northern wall of the Hue Imperial Citadel, about 15 meters long and 4 meters high, to collapse.

According to records, although the citadel wall collapsed, underneath many bricks that are hundreds of years old are still intact. This wall section is located in the citadel section parallel to Dang Thai Than Street (Phu Xuan Ward).

Currently, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center has deployed barriers, covers and placed warning signs in dangerous areas to ensure absolute safety for residents and tourists. At the same time, it is coordinating with the Hue City Department of Construction to survey and make a preliminary assessment to fix the problem .

Bricks used to build Hue Imperial Citadel are still bright red after hundreds of years

“According to visual records, the collapsed wall consists of many separate bricks, lacking block cohesion. Observation with the naked eye shows that the wall was built in 3 layers, inside and outside, with bricks, the middle layer filled with clay. In addition, it was also noted that some adjacent wall sections tended to lean inward, some sections showed cracks, weak structure, and were likely to continue to shift if affected by heavy rain and prolonged water level rise,” said Mr. Hoang Viet Trung.

According to Mr. Hoang Viet Trung, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center has urgently reported to the Hue City People's Committee about the incident caused by natural disasters, in which it proposed that the Hue City People's Committee direct relevant agencies to immediately conduct surveys, assessments, propose solutions as well as other handling steps in accordance with regulations. In the coming time, the Center will continue to closely coordinate with relevant agencies to promptly overcome the incident, and at the same time research and propose long-term solutions to ensure sustainability, as well as preserve the values of the Hue Monuments Complex system in general.

The Imperial City of Hue is the second citadel inside the Hue Citadel, with the function of protecting the most important palaces of the royal court, the temples of the Nguyen Dynasty's ancestors and the Forbidden Purple City - a place reserved for the king and the royal family. The Imperial City and the Forbidden Purple City are often referred to as the Imperial City with an area of about 520 hectares. The Imperial City was built in 1802, but it was not until 1833, under the reign of King Minh Mang, that the entire palace system with about 147 structures was completed.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/gach-xay-dung-hoang-thanh-hue-hang-tram-nam-van-do-tuoi-post821716.html