Tomb of Khai Dinh
The most unusual of the royal tombs: a blackened concrete structure built into a hillside between 1920 and 1931, with a startling interior of glass and ceramic mosaic under a painted ceiling. European and Vietnamese forms collide here in a way nothing else in the country does.
About Tomb of Khai Dinh
The most unusual of the royal tombs: a blackened concrete structure built into a hillside between 1920 and 1931, with a startling interior of glass and ceramic mosaic under a painted ceiling. European and Vietnamese forms collide here in a way nothing else in the country does.
Tomb of Khai Dinh is one of the places most visitors to Hue make time for. Vietnam's imperial capital from 1802 to 1945, with a walled citadel, seven royal tombs along the river and the country's most distinctive regional cooking.
Before you go: The most compact of the tombs and the easiest to fit into a short visit, but it is a long flight of steps up from the car park with no shade.
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