{"id":2477,"date":"2012-11-27T18:44:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T01:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2012-11-27T18:44:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T01:44:11","slug":"the-imperial-city-of-hue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"The Imperial City of Hu\u00c3\u00a9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We continued our travels south to the Imperial city of Hu\u00c3\u00a9 along the Perfume River. \u00c2\u00a0Hu\u00c3\u00a9 was the political, cultural and, religious center under the Nguyen dynasty until 1945. \u00c2\u00a0Many\u00c2\u00a0monuments\u00c2\u00a0still exist from this time including the Imperial Citadel\u00c2\u00a0complex and many of the\u00c2\u00a0emperors&#8217; tombs.<\/p>\n<p>We visited the Imperial\u00c2\u00a0Citadel\u00c2\u00a0complex exploring its gates, flag tower and some nearby\u00c2\u00a0museums<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gate to Imperial Citadel\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/9049\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the ornate citadel gates<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kids and Cannon\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/9039\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">These kids were horsing around on the display of cannons just inside the gate.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The citadel was used as a residence for the Nguyen\u00c2\u00a0emperors from 1805 to 1945, but was\u00c2\u00a0heavily\u00c2\u00a0bombed during the war.<\/p>\n<p>Later, we rented a motorbike to explore some of the surrounding tombs and pagodas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Motorbike\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/9072\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">We enjoyed our cruise out of the city on our motorbike.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We visited the Tomb of\u00c2\u00a0Khai Dinh, which was the most recently built tomb &#8211; dating from 1925, but also one of the more\u00c2\u00a0impressive\u00c2\u00a0ones.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tomb entrance\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/9052\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a bad size tomb<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stone Tomb Guard\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/9055\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the stone guards in front of the tomb.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next stop was the\u00c2\u00a0Thien Mu Pagoda which is the tallest pagoda in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Thien Mu Pagoda\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/photos\/9066\/medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nice little pagoda<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We continued our travels south to the Imperial city of Hu\u00c3\u00a9 along the Perfume River. \u00c2\u00a0Hu\u00c3\u00a9 was the political, cultural and, religious center under the Nguyen dynasty until 1945. \u00c2\u00a0Many\u00c2\u00a0monuments\u00c2\u00a0still exist from this time including the Imperial Citadel\u00c2\u00a0complex and many of the\u00c2\u00a0emperors&#8217; tombs. 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