Lang Dong Khanh

Location: Dong Khanh Mausoleum was built on land belonging to the village of Cu Si, this is Shanghai Hai village, Thuy Xuan Commune, Ho. Hue, Thua Thien - Hue.
Features: Dong Khanh Tomb was built in four kings (1888-1923) should just bring the old architecture has influenced the architecture of Western Europe.
After months 2/1888 crowned, Dong Khanh built beside his father's tomb power house named Access to Justice father worshiped. Work is underway King Dong Khanh, the sudden illness and death.

King Thanh Thai and succeeded for a converter Justice Stop Access to worship King Dong Khanh Hy. The king's corpse was buried simply on the hill named Ho Thuan Son, ways Electric Stop Hy 30m west. The entire zone is called Justice mausoleum Mausoleum.

1916, Khai Dinh - the son of Dong Khanh throne, to repair the temple, built mausoleum for his father and until May 7/1917, to complete basic parts and to complete it in 1923.

Building process takes place in Dong Khanh Tomb 4 reign (1888-1923), so Dong Khanh Tomb marked two schools of architecture of two different historical periods.

Impregnation zone power: works still carry the old architecture, the architecture "Trung Diep Thiem Screws" (The roof has several successive sets). Electric main and dependent housing, remain the gilded columns with decorative splendid noble, Quadruple, ... Electricity Stop drawing maps Hy 24 paintings in historical references "Cross II hospitality ", tells the story of filial mirrors in China. On the deck of salt, the top edge, the banks decided Phone Stop Hy appearing terracotta frieze decorated with folk as "Fishery he worshiped", "chicken fighting". The system appears multicolored glass doors and two paintings, ... speaks of the cultural influences of Western Europe.

Tombs: Tomb Architecture virtually "Europeanization" entirely characteristic architecture and decorative motifs to building materials. Bi Dinh is a variant of Romance architecture blends Asian architecture. Of mandarins tall, thin and covered with cement bricks instead slate tile stone statues, checkered tiles.

King Dong Khanh profile.

Dong Khanh Nguyen Phuc Ung named Sugar, the eldest son of Kien Thai Vuong Nguyen Phuc Hong Cai (1845-1876). Dong Khanh is the eldest brother of the two kings Kien Phuc (1883 - 1884) and Ham Nghi (1884-1885). May 7/1885, while leaving the city found Ham Nghi Vuong Projector French Resistance, servants and government protection put on the throne of sugar is left blank, the Dong Khanh reign. King Dong Khanh doing for 3 years (1886-1889), the ice in the middle of the age of 25.