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Bien Hoa ancient citadel

Bien Hoa ancient citadel

Located in Quang Vinh Ward, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province. This is considered the only ancient city in the South to exist today. The remaining vestige of the old city is a ring built of laterite surrounding the area of ​​10,816.5 m², inside there is a French architectural house. Bien Hoa Ancient Citadel also has other names, Cuu, Thanh Trump or Thanh Gas, ancient Thanh Lan village (Tan Lan), Phuoc Chanh district, Bien Hoa province. Initially, Bien Hoa citadel was covered by the people and soldiers of Chan Lap in the 14-15 century. After that, at the beginning of the Nguyen Dynasty, in 1834, King Minh Mang rebuilt with soil, bricks and laterite, in the shape of the bow, building a number of new items, named Thanh Cuu. In 1837, King Minh Mang continued to build and expand into a former laterite of Vauban style, renamed Thanh Bien Hoa. Realizing that the strategic geographical position of Bien Hoa citadel, the French colonialists gathered powerful troops to occupy this citadel. In 1861, the French colonialists conquered Bien Hoa. The Nguyen army was not successful, so he withdrew from Bien Hoa citadel. After occupying the city, the French colonialists have embarked on renovating and narrowing the remaining area of ​​1/8 compared to before; At the same time, the construction of security and military facilities inside and outside the city, such as: barracks, merchants, military security departments, training grounds, shot beaches, cells, working rooms ...; Arranging high -ranking officers, soldiers to keep, protect and work during the period of colonial rule, colonial exploitation and called the petrol - stone (sola), the local people often called the trumpet. In 1944, Thanh was in control of Japanese fascists. After returning to Indochina for the second time, France used this place to build a family farm. By the period of 1954-1975, Thanh did not have many changes in appearance, the American empire used all the works left by the French colonialists. After 1975, Bien Hoa citadel was taken over by the new government. The remaining traces at Thanh Bien Hoa relic today stand out, the citadel was built of laterite and two French architectural houses. Specifically, the remaining items include: The wall of the city is built mainly from red laterite, tiles with adhesive is lime. The blockbock system currently has a number of bunkers built of laterite and tiles in the eastern corner. The northwestern villa, one of the remaining items of the ancient Thanh Bien Hoa architectural work including 1 ground floor and 2 floors built in the style of French architecture used as the residence and work of French officers. The villa has a solid architectural structure with bearing walls, roofed roofs, steel purlin roofs combined with wooden bridges, tiled floors, brick -rolled linen, ventilated roof doors are done with art aesthetics, technical ingenuity, ensuring good strength for the project. The southeast villa with an area of ​​about 200m2, including 1 ground and 1 floor, used as the residence and work of the French officers at that time. Today, after the last restoration in 2014, the overall monument has become spacious, becoming a sightseeing place to attract tourists from near and far. Experiencing the ups and downs of history, Thanh Bien Hoa relics are witnesses for many events and events in the history of Bien Hoa - Dong Nai. Starting from the fighting between the Kingdoms of Funan, Chan Lap, Cham Pa (1st century) to the war between the Nguyen Dynasty and the Tay Son army (eighteenth century) and later the struggle to defend the country of our people against the French colonialists and the American imperialism. At the same time, this is also considered a rare ancient city project that still exists in the Southern region to this day. In addition, the monument is valuable in many aspects when it is both a special military architecture and a strategic position in the Southeast region of the Nguyen Dynasty; Just reflect the technique of building scientific and architectural lines in the overall items exist. At the same time, show the knowledge of feng shui in the geopolitical way of the ancients. With these historical values, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Decision No. 3995/Decision -The Culture and Sports Culture and Tourism on November 12, 2013 to recognize Bien Hoa Citadel as a national historical monument. Source of portal port of Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province.

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