Thuong Tu Gate

The Thuong Tu Gate is the south-eastern passage through the fortress wall of Hue, begun in 1805 under Emperor Gia Long according to the rules of French bastion fortification. Its official name is Dong Nam Mon, but the city has kept the nickname taken from the Thuong Tu Vien stables of the imperial court, which stood alongside. A two-tiered gate tower with curved eaves rises above the brick passage, and a narrow bridge is thrown across the moat in front of it. The citadel wall runs for almost ten kilometres, and the water-filled moat with its bastions is best seen from exactly this side. An ordinary city road passes through the gate, so the place is usually looked at on the way to the Imperial City.

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