Thua Thien Hue Province

Ho Quyen

Built in 1830 after a tiger swam towards the royal boat. The tigers were defanged and declawed first, because the elephant stood for royal power and had to win.

Lang Khai Dinh

Eleven years to build, with cement from France and glass from China and Japan. The exterior is blackened concrete because everything was spent inside.

Duyet Thi Duong

UNESCO-inscribed court music, performed in the first theatre built for it nearly 200 years ago. Thirty-five minutes, twice a day, and almost everyone walks past the door.

Chua Thien Mu

The Austin that drove the monk to the intersection where he burned himself on 11 June 1963, kept in a room behind the main hall with Malcolm Browne's photograph.

Cong vien ho Thuy Tien

A 20 m concrete dragon coiled out of a lake, built as an aquarium for a water park that failed in 2004. When the city finally cleaned the site up in 2025 it demolished the rest and kept the dragon, graffiti and all.