An Dinh Palace in Hue Vietnam: Things You Need to Know

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Where is Location of An Dinh Palace?

An Dinh Palace in Hue was constructed in the area of over 23.460m2. This is one of the best constructions in the palace system of Nguyen dynasty. In here, Emperor Khai Dinh (1916-1925) had the palace constructed on the basis of a small residence where he used to stay. The Emperor had passed away before An Dinh palace was completed. Then, An Dinh Palace became the place where royal families received foreign delegations. Madam Tu Cung stayed in the palace in 1945-1950-1968-1975.

Location: 179 Phan Dinh Phung, Phu Thuan Ward, Hue City
Opening Hours: Daily from 7.30AM – 5.30PM; Mon to Sun
Entrance Fee: 50k/ ticket / Adult; Free for Children
Dress Code: Not Required

History of An Dinh Palace in Hue:

Originally at this position from the 14th year of Thanh Thai (1902), Phung Hoa Cong Nguyen Phuc Buu Dao (later King Khai Dinh) built his own palace, An Dinh. After ascending the throne in 1917, Khai Dinh used his own money to renovate it with modern architecture. In early 1919, the construction work completed, and the palace still kept its name.

From February 28, 1922, An Dinh Palace became the potential for Dong Cung Crown Prince Vinh Thuy (later King Bao Dai). After the August Revolution in 1945, the family of former emperor Bao Dai moved from the Royal Palace to live at An Dinh Palace. In 1954, Ngo Dinh Diem’s government confiscated An Dinh palace.

After 1975, Ms. Tu Cung donated An Dinh Palace to the revolutionary government. An Dinh Palace was a dormitory for the families of Hue University professors. And was severely degraded until 2001 before being restored and restored.

Architecture of An Dinh Palace:

The palace has 3 floors, with a total area of 23,463m2, surrounded by a brick wall, 0.5m thick, 1.8m high, with iron bars on top. When intact, there are about 10 buildings. From front to back are: Marina, Main Gate, Trung Lap Communal House, Khai Tuong Floor, Cuu Tu Dai Theater, Animal Stables, Lake…

Through time and the destruction of war. Until now the palace is only remaining quite intact 3 buildings: the main gate, Trung Lap communal house and Khai Tuong floor.

The main gate follows the three-way entrance, two floors, decorated with elaborately embossed porcelain. Trung Lap communal house, located inside the door, has an octagonal communal house structure with a high background. In the communal house, there is a bronze statue of King Khai Dinh, the scale of a real person, cast in 1920.

Like other constructions at the time, they used many western matterials in An Dinh palace. Entering the palace, visitors may feel like being in the house of a European noble family. Rooms, stairs and decorative patterns are away from traditional style. They used grape leaves instead of dragon and phoenix patterns. Daisy and lotus patterns were replaced by rose ones.

There are totally 20 rooms inside the palace. What special are the living room and two reception rooms at the first floor. The 6 drawings which describe the tombs of Emperors, namely Gia Long, Minh Mang, Thieu Tri, Tu Duc, Khai Dinh and Dong Khanh are on the living room. Powder color drawings, surrounding glided frames, 26 archways of the living room were made from glided wood and meticulously decorated.

Cuu Tu Dai house is a famous architecture. Which was home to ceramic interior decoration – a popular decoration style under Emperor Khai Dinh reign. For this reason, French called Emperor Khai Dinh “The son of pieces of ceramics”. Deer and crocodiles were breed in the garden behind the main house. Today, An Dinh palace poem by Emperor Khai Dinh in Autumn 1920 is still on the screen on the second floor.

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