An Dinh Palace Hue

1. Introduction about An Dinh palace

An Dinh Palace Hue or Cung An Dinh lies on the bank of An Cuu Canal, at 179 Phan Dinh Phung Street, Hue City, Vietnam. The place where the Khai Dinh Emperor lived from a child until becoming the twelfth Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty as a private residence. Between 1917-1919 Nguyen Phuc Vinh Thuy (later Bao Dai Emperor) was renovated in a modern style and became the residence officially.

After Bao Dai abdicated in 1945, he moved from the Imperial City to the An Dinh Palace and lived with his mother and his wife, and his children.

During the twentieth century, this place became the residence of Vietnam’s last two queens, Tu Cung and Nam Phuong at different times.

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2. View Cung An Dinh 360 looked from outside

3. What is inside An Dinh Palace Hue?

The total area is about 23.463 square meters. There are 10 structures in total: The Dragon boat station, The Main Entrance, Trung Lap Bower, Khai Tuong Pavilion, the Cuu Tu Dai Theatre, Animal Cages, and Lake.

However, over time and the destruction of war, only 3 sites are still left intact: Main Entrance, Trung Lap Bower, and Khai Tuong Pavilion.

3.1. Main Entrance

Main Gates was built with 3 gates, 2 roof styles, and brick, and mortar styles. The front and back were decorated with proportional mosaic art.

3.2 Trung Lap Bower

Following octagonal structure styles. Inside the Bower, it has a Khai Dinh Emperor bronze statue with the ratio of a real person.

3.3 Khai Tuong Pavilion

This name was named by the Khai Dinh Emperor, which is the main structure of An Dinh Palace. This three-story building was constructed in European Palace styles with new materials and covered an area of 745 square miles. Especially on the first floor, the wall paintings are remarkable because Western-style paintings survived in Vietnam from the early decades of the XXth century. Besides, the ornamental motif in the innermost rooms is lavish and opulent and becomes more dainty with the flora on the periphery. The second floor is the residence and the top floor is the worshiping area. Khai Tuong Palace is the top of decoration art, the perfect blend between Eastern and Western architecture.

4 Cung An Dinh video (An Dinh Palace Hue)

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5. Entrance tickets and open time at Cung An Dinh Hue:

An Dinh Palace will open from 7 am to 5 pm every day. Currently, the ticket takes 20.000 VND (around $1) per adult and is free for children under 12 years old. In 2020, the ticket costs 50,000 VND (roughly $2) per adult and is free for children under 12 years old.

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6. How to visit Cung An Dinh Hue?

There are many ways to go to An Dinh Palace, including taking a grab bike, catching a cyclo, or walking. To explore historical sites in Hue, you should book Hue City Tour at Culture Pham Travel.

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