Hue, the first capital of Vietnam

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Hue was the first capital of Vietnam. The Hue Citadel is massive, and like in Beijing, there's a Citadel inside the Citadel. Many buildings in the Forbidden Purple City were destroyed or badly damaged by US bombs after the North captured Hue and held it for over 3 weeks during the Tet offensive of '68.

There are numerous palaces inside the inner Citadel, including the main palace for the King and Queen, and side palaces for the mother, the mother-in-law, and various other sub-palaces too.

Work is on-going to restore as many buildings as possible, but besides filling in the bomb craters, what do you do when everything is gone?

Come to think of it, even the US Embassy in Saigon was attacked during the Tet offensive. umm ... why didn't the US bomb there too?

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