Đoan Môn
This page is about one place: Đoan Môn, a spot in Hà Nội with a story of its own. The story itself lives in the myTuur app, and it begins when you arrive and the app knows you are standing there.
Đoan Môn, also called the Main Gate, stands at the southern entrance to Hà Nội’s Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long. Its U-shaped form follows the old city-wall tradition. The gate stretches 46.5 metres east to west and combines wooden hammer bricks with rock. Five arches define its facade, with the central arch reserved for the king. The outermost passages served mandarins and royal family members, while the main door measures four metres high and 2.7 metres wide. Smaller doors flank the central entrance for other dignitaries.
Above the main door, a stone plaque carries the name Đoan Môn and measures 1.5 metres by 0.7 metres. Small brick steps lead to the upper communal house. That two-storey structure has eight roofs and displays dragon and tiger motifs above the historic gate. The present structure reflects the Lê dynasty’s fifteenth-century rebuilding and later Nguyễn restoration. Archaeological excavations uncovered traces of a royal path and historical layers from different periods at Đoan Môn. The gate stands among the citadel’s few surviving structures, alongside Cửa Bắc, the Hanoi Flag Tower and Văn Miếu.
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