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The town is largely occupied by traditional courtyard houses and with few public buildings reached through a labyrinth of narrow alleyways. The houses that are built on the perimeter are contiguous and form a solid wall very similar to fortified citadels of medieval times.
The Citadel in Hue. It was used up through the '40s if I recall correctly.
For better or worse, we did not ride the elephants.
Citadel of last king of Vietnam. Destroyed by French and American wars. Reconstruction is going on but after the US bombing there is not much left.
The Citadel in Hue. It was used up through the '40s if I recall correctly.
Use of the broom did not provide flight.
Photographed in Hue Citadel. A vast 19th century palace complex largely destroyed by American bombing during the Tet offensive in 1968. The palace buildings are slowly being rebuilt. Hue is in Vietnam.
Houses at the Erbil Citadel, which dates back to at least 5,000 B.C - making Erbil one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Since 2014 it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Most of the mound (apart from one) had been abandoned recently so the government can renovate it. The government has plans to move back 50 families once the renovation is over.
Erbil, Iraqi- Kurdistan, Iraq.