Tomb of Dục Đức

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Tomb of Dục Đức
An Lăng
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General information
Architectural styleMausoleum
LocationThe Complex of Huế Monuments, Huế City
CountryVietnam
Completed1889
Design and construction
Main contractorKing Thành Thái
An lăng Gate, inside is the burial and worshiping place for King Dục Đức, Thành Thái and Duy Tân

The Tomb of Emperor Dục Đức (Vietnamese: Lăng Dục Đức), officially the An Mausoleum (An Lăng, chữ Hán: ) is a tomb complex in Huế, Vietnam, in which are buried Dục Đức and his wife, his son Thành Thái, his grandson the child-emperor Duy Tân, and several other members of Vietnam's last dynasty, the Nguyễn dynasty, such as the queen mother Nguyễn Thị Định (mother of Duy Tân).[1][2]

Duy Tân was buried in the tomb compound in 1987.[3]

The mausoleum has two sections - the tomb itself and Long An shrine.[4]

References

  1. ^ Khăć Ưńg Mai, Hùng Đào Huế, monuments of an ancient capital 2000 "ROYAL TOMBS - All together, thirteen kings of the Nguyễn Dynasty reigned in the imperial capital of Huế over a period of ... King Tụ Đức (Khiêm mausoleum), King Dục Đức (An mausoleum), King Đổng Khánh (Tư mausoleum), and King Khải ..."
  2. ^ Thanh Tâm Trà̂n, Đình Kết Huỳnh Địa danh thành phố Hué̂ 2001 "AN LĂNG (lăng Dục Đức, Thành Thái, Duy Tân).."
  3. ^ Jan Dodd, Mark Lewis The Rough Guide to Vietnam 1998 "The temple, built in 1899, is on the point of collapse though the walled compound where Duc Duc is buried with his wife is still intact, while emperors Thanh Thai and Duy Tan are interred in a separate row of graves behind the main temple."
  4. ^ Khăć Ưńg Mai, Hùng Đào Huế, monuments of an ancient capital 2000 "In 1987 his remains were brought back to be buried at his father's tomb. An mausoleum with its two sections - the tomb and Long An shrine - became a family graveyard after Kings Thanh Thai and Duy Tan were buried there. It is a memorial to ..."