Mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh

The Mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh is located in Thuy Bang commune, Huong Thuy district, Thua Thien- Hue province. It is the resting place of the 12th emperor of the Nguyen dynasty, who reigned between 1916 and 1925.

Khai Dinh Tomb was built in 1920 and the construction lasted eleven years (Photo:VNA)

Statues of mandarins court stand at the Bai Dinh courtyard (Photo:VNA)

Statues of soldiers and elephants at the Bai Dinh courtyard in the Mausoleum of Emperor Khai Dinh (Photo:VNA)

The tomb was still unfinished when Emperor Khai Dinh died in 1925. His son, the last emperor of Vietnam Bao Dai finally completed the tomb in 1931 (Photo:VNA)

The status of the emperor was cast in France by two French artisans and gilded by Hue artisans (Photo:VNA)

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