2. Imperial City, Hu ế The Imperial City (Vietnamese: Kinh thành Huế ) in Hu ế is a walled fortress and palace in the former capital of Vietnam. The grounds of the Imperial City were surrounded by a wall 2 kilometers by 2 kilometers, and the walls were surrounded by a moat (a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle other building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defense). This structure is called the citadel. Inside the citadel was the Imperial City, with a perimeter of almost 2.5 kilometers. Inside the Imperial City was the imperial enclosure called the Purple Forbidden City in Vietnamese, a term similar to the Forbidden City in Beijing. The enclosure was reserved for the Nguy ễ n imperial family. Their rule lasted a total of 143 years from 1802. January 31, 1968 a Division-sized force of North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong soldiers launched a coordinated attack on Hu ế seizing most of the city. The city was made a UNESCO site in 1993. Imperial City, Hu ế Vietnam (January, 2011) © Miki Pitish

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