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Dien Khanh CitadelLocation: Located in Dien Khanh Town, Dien Khanh District.Direction:
Dien Khanh CitadelThe Ancient Citadel of Dien Khanh was built by King Nguyen Anh in 1793 in Dien Khanh district on an area of about 36,000m2. This is a military architectural ensemble after the Vauban prototype, a popular fortress model of the 17th and 18th centuries in Western Europe. The walls of the Citadel form a hexagon with unequal earthen sides of 3.5 m in height. The outer side of the walls is almost vertical, and the inner side is more sloping with 2 levels, forming a convenient transportation on the inside. At the corners on the inside are flat and wide surfaces for soldier camps. On the top of the Citadel are earthen turrets, 2m high, as positions for cannons. Thick bamboo hedges and other thorny plants were planted along the upper part. Outside the Citadel are moats of 4 - 5 m in depth, about 10 m and at places up to 40m in width, filled with water.
From the beginning, the Citadel had 6 gates, of which only 4 remain: the East, the West, the Front (South) and Back (North) gates. Formerly inside the Citadel were the royal palace, the high officials’ palace, and the prison.
Dien Khanh Citadel is the second of its kind in Vietnam (after Gia Dinh Citadel), which can serve as a valuable basis for scientific research on ancient citadels and fortresses.