Hau Lau

Located behind the Kinh Thien palace operator in Relic center Hoang Thang Long - Hanoi, under the Hoang Dieu street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.
Features: Hau Lau has architectural style architectural interference between the East and the West.
Hau Lau was built in the north with the aim of operating supply defending to make the peace (according to feng shui) should also be called Tinh Bac or Hau Lau Lau (floor rear). Lau also known as Princess floor because this is where the rest of female beauty supply frequency of the Nguyen kings convoy coming on the North Wall. French bombardment period Thanh Hanoi, Hau Lau was dilapidated, the French were then reconstructed to house a garrison of French troops. Therefore, the current architecture Hau Lau is a blend of royal architecture of Vietnam and the 18th century French architecture.

Overall, Hau Lau is a three-story building floor. The bottom floor was built in the shape of the box with three separate rooms. Two gable room has two doors in the front court upstairs. Behind these two rooms is a closed corridor between the rooms entrance leads. No room between the doors and get natural light from two windows on the building's arches on the back stairs. Adjacent two front doors Hau Lau are two staircases leading to the second floor. The second floor is divided into three rooms, but in contrast to the first floor, rooms here between the airy with 3 doors on the front of the court building. Two party rooms of the second floor is more open side of the first floor are two rooms with doors opening by two east - west. The rooms in the second floor are covered roof simulation palace roof architecture. Behind the room is a staircase leading up between the third floor. The third floor has a room only opened doors 9 three directions (East - West - South). This is the ideal place to enjoy the scenery. This floor has two eight-storey roof architecture under the palace roof architecture with decorative dragon head image on curved corners.
Features of French architecture in Hau Lau is the thickness of the walls, making the room is always cool in summer and warm in winter. Meanwhile, the royal architectural style is expressed in Vietnam Building floor architecture and bas relief on the wall, describing the instrument, the top brass, dragon, phoenix and trees representing four four season in a year. The main architectural interference East - West have made this very unique distinctions Hau Lau.

Currently, Hau Lau is being used to house exhibits a few artifacts were found in the surrounding area as well as pictures of Hanoi through several historical periods.