Tomb of Gia Long (), officially Thiên Thọ Mausoleum (, vi-hantu,

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授陵), is a royal tomb of the

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which is located in the Hương Thọ commune of

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district, some south of the city of

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History

The tomb was originally built for Emperor

Gia Long Gia Long (Chữ Hán, Chữ hán: 嘉隆) ( (''Hanoi, North''), (''Ho Chi Minh City, South''); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynas ...

's first wife, Empress Thừa Thiên after her death in 1814 but later became

's and some of his family members' burial site. Today, the tomb is badly damaged and some of its structures have deteriorated.

Architecture

The tomb is a group of tombs and was well known for its beauty. The tomb originally had a main complex that formed by the double-grave tomb of the emperor and empress Thừa Thiên in the center; Minh Thanh Temple, the dedicated temple of Gia Long and Thừa Thiên in the right, and the monument of Gia Long in the left. They were built at a plain and large hill of Thiên Thọ mount. On the right lies empress Thuận Thiên's tomb (Thiên Thọ Hữu Tomb) and her dedicated temple, the Gia Thanh Temple, built upon the foothills of Thuận Sơn mount. A lot of Nguyễn dynasty royal family members, including Gia Long's

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(Thoại Thánh Tomb) and elder sister (Hoàng Cô Tomb), were also buried here. File:Lăng vua Gia Long 3.JPG, Main gate to the temple File:Annam. Près Hué. Eléphants et gardiens en pierre au tombeau de Gia-Long - (photogr.) A. S(alles) - btv1b531721947 (1 of 3).jpg, Tomb taken in 1898 Their burial sites made the tomb's perimeter rise to approximately .

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