North Gate

Location: Located in the heart relic Hoang Thang Long - Hanoi, Phan Dinh Phung street belonging, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.
Features: North Gate is the only remaining gate of the City of Hanoi Nguyen Dynasty.
In early 1789, when the king moved the capital of Quang Trung Phu Xuan (Hue), Thang Long Citadel after hundreds of years of existence as the capital of the Republic of Vietnam only a North Wall. Visit the Nguyen Dynasty, the remnants of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in turn be transferred to the Phu Xuan reign served for the construction of a new city. 1805, King Gia Long to tear down the walls of the old Thang Long Citadel and to build Thanh Hanoi French Vauban style much smaller scale. Hanoi has opened the 5-door directions: north, east, west, southeast and southwest, including North Door is the only door still exists to this day.

Cua Bac Sino-Vietnamese name North Gate, was built on the North Door of Le styled gazebo, 8,71m high, 17,08m wide, 2,48m thick walls. Part of the North Gate was built very solidly made of stone and brick. Bulkheads sincere; Roll gate arch, built of brick; Bulkheads edge rectangular port. Two wooden gates of this city have been restored, each wing area 12m², weighing about 16 tons, run on wheels weighs about 80kg bronze. Inside there is a sign on the gate three Chinese stone carving, "The North Gate". On the outer wall of the North Gate there is 1 plate with 2 stone carving dated 04.25.1882 adjacent dimples, marking the time of the Hanoi City was hit twice artillery cannons from the French boat.

North Gate Above the gate is erected wooden gazebo style breakfast husband tile, install doors four directions. Rainwater on the gazebo was draining down through two stone gutters. Currently, the gazebo is reserved for worship and two Hanoi's governor Nguyen Tri Phuong and Hoang Dieu, the heroes have made clear their steadfast more air forces before the French invasion in 2 times raiding Hanoi in 1873 and 1882.

Although North Gate is the work built by the Nguyen dynasty, but at the foot of the gate is this cascading citadel relics from the previous dynasty, confirming the continuity of the millennial history of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long. In 1998, at the North Gate, the archaeologists have found many traces of architecture at 1,66m depth and 2.2m, which has traces of the wall section built of stone and brick snatched the Le .