Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty

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Citadel of the Ho Dynasty

UNESCO World Heritage Site
The South (fore) gate of Tay Do castle
Location	, Vĩnh Lộc District, Thanh Hóa Province, North Central Coast, Vietnam
Includes	Inner Citadel La Thanh Outer Walled Section Nam Giao Altar
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (iv)
Reference	1358
Inscription	2011 (35th Session)
Area	155.5 ha (384 acres)
Buffer zone	5,078.5 ha (12,549 acres)
Coordinates	20°4′41″N 105°36′17″E / 20.07806°N 105.60472°E / 20.07806; 105.60472Coordinates: 20°4′41″N 105°36′17″E / 20.07806°N 105.60472°E / 20.07806; 105.60472
Location of Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty in Vietnam

Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (Vietnamese: Thành nhà Hồ, Hán Nôm: 城家胡; also called Tây Đô castle or Tây Giai castle) is a 15th century stone fortress in Thanh Hóa, Vietnam. It served as the Western Capital of the Hồ Dynasty (1400-1407).

It is located in Tây Giai commune, Vĩnh Lộc District, in Thanh Hóa Province, in Vietnam's North Central Coast region.

Tây Đô castle is rectangular in shape. Its north-south side is 870.5 m (2,856 ft) in length and its east-west side is 883.5 m (2,899 ft) in length. There are four gates: one at the south (fore gate), one at the north (back gate), one at the east (left gate), and one at the west (right gate). The southern gate is 9.5 m (31 ft) high and 15.17 m (49.8 ft) wide.

The castle was constructed from stone blocks, each of which is 2×1×0.7 m (6.6×3.3×2.3 ft) size on average.

Except for its gates, the castle is mostly ruined.

The Citadel was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage Sites on June 27, 2011.^[1]

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  General view

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  South gate

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  North gate

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  East gate

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  A stone cannonball found in Tây Đô castle

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  King's Well

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