Co Loa Citadel and An Duong Vuong Temple

Location: Dong Anh district, Hanoi.
Characteristics: As one of the oldest of Vietnam.
This is the court's most ancient city in Vietnam by King Thuc An Duong Vuong built in the 3rd century BC to the capital of the Au Lac (VietNam country name at that time). Now in Dong Anh district, Hanoi suburb.

List building is built round type (so called Loa) Legend to 9 rounds, under the moat outside the submerged boat walk. Today in Loa remaining 3 rounds to land: the outer (perimeter 8km), a middle (polygon, circumference 6.5 km) and into the (rectangular, 1.6 km circumference). Today there are relatives of the average height of 4-5m, with room to 12m high, sincere to 20-30m wide.

The doors of the 3 rounds are also very well arranged, not lying on a straight shaft that same cross greatly skewed. Therefore line connecting the two gates in the same direction are a winding road, and there are mounds on either side defense should cause a lot of obstacles for the enemy to invade.

From the city center, 18km away to Co Loa, Dong Anh district, you will find traces left by the past three rounds into the ground and where archaeologists found thousands of arrows, plowshares, axes iron, animal bones ...

Through the village gate, as well as the next port in the village of Loa. According to legend, it was the old foundation of tidal power dwells, where mandarins marketing opportunity on the past, so the family was broken horizontal lacquered "Ngu di dynasty rules".

Next to the family ie Am Princess Princess My Chau shrine, nestled under the grand old banyan tree. Temple am baby as her short life miserable princess' heart to make the top ". In am a headless humanoid rock. Everyone said it was My Chau object.

Through am America to Shanghai temple, ie An Duong Vuong Temple, Legend is based on internal supply up days ago. This new Temple was remade in the early 20th century, with two stone dragons on the stairs of the shrine of relics or the Tran Le preliminary. In the An Duong Vuong Temple statue of bronze casting with the opportunity to do new temple. Before the house is well Ngoc, Legend is where Trong Thuy suicide because of remorse. This well water that washed the bright pearl pearl multiplied!