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Door to the Secret Garden - Temple of Literature - Hà Nội - Vietnam

Temple of Literature (Vietnamese: Văn Miếu (文廟)), known as "pagode des Corbeaux" during the period of French colonisation, is a temple of Confucius in Vietnam. Although several Văn Miếu can be found throughout Vietnam, the most prominent and famous is that situated in the city of Hanoi, which also functioned as Vietnam's first university. It is featured on the back of the one hundred thousand Vietnamese Dong banknote. [Wikipedia]

 

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