Hanoi: the city of under ground heritages

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Date de réception: 05/12/2008

AUTEURS (*Auteur principal)

TRUNG TIN, Tong * (Viet Nam) - Vietnam Archaeological Institute

RÉSUMÉ

There are dozens of archaeological sites in Hanoi, such as the sites at Doan Mon, Bac Mon, Hau Lau, 11 Le Hong Phong str., 62-64 Tran Phu str., 47 Hang Dau str., Trang Tien Plaza, Ngoc Khanh, Van Mieu (Royal College), Quan Ngua, 5 and 18 Hoang Dieu str... We can say Hanoi is a city of under ground vestiges.
The Archaeological Site at 18 Hoang Dieu str. and the central axis that runs from Flag tower through Doan Mon Gate ­ Kinh Thien Palace to Bac Mon Gate are the two parts of the Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, which had been an Asian power center for almost 13 centuries and is being in process of nominating as World Heritage.
The archaeological sites today seem to be separated from each other but if we can come back to the time of remote history, we can see all of them are within the complex of Royal Citadel of Thang Long, which surrounded by three rounds of rampart. The core of the citadel, the Forbiden City today can be identified by two vestiges: Doan Mon and Bac Mon. The Royal Citadel, the second round, is identified as the area surrounded by Phan Dinh Phung str. to the North, Tran Phu str. to the South, Thuoc Bac str. to the East, the border to the West was somewhere further than modern Ong Ich Khiem str. The last one, La Thanh rampart, is still remained today as Hoang Hoa Tham str. to the North, Dai Co Viet str. to the South, Red river bank to the East and To Lich river bank. All the underground vestiges are precious properties of the nation. They required to be protected by suitable plans and policies, contributing to the building of new landscape for modern Hanoi

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