Tây Đô castle

Tây Đô castle

Tây Đô castle ( _vi. Thành Tây Đô; also called "Hồ castle" or "Tây Giai castle") is a citadel in Vietnam, constructed by the Hồ Dynasty (1400-1407). Its name comes from the Sino-Vietnamese , meaning "western capital," and "Thành" comes from the Sino-Vietnamese , meaning "castle."

It is located in Tây Giai commune, Vĩnh Lộc district, in Thanh Hóa Province, in Vietnam's North Central Coast region. Its coordinates at coord|20|05|N|105|35|E|region:VN_type:landmark|display=inline,title.

Tây Đô castle is rectangular in shape. Its north-south side is 870.5 m in length and its east-west side is 883.5 m in length. There are four gates: one at the south (fore gate), one at the north (back gate), one at the east (left gate), and one at the west (right gate). The southern gate is 9.5 m high and 15.17 m wide.

The castle was constructed from stone blocks, each of which is 2 m x 1 m x 0.70 m size on average.

Except for its gates, the castle is mostly ruined.

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References and external links

* [http://www.thanhhoa.gov.vn/web/guest/gtc/tcdl/nhaho?p_p_id=62_INSTANCE_v6PR&_62_INSTANCE_v6PR_articleId=145&_62_INSTANCE_v6PR_itemIndex=3&_62_INSTANCE_v6PR_version=1.0 Hồ castle] (in Vietnamese)


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