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Dong Hoi ancient citadel

Dong Hoi ancient citadel

Dong Hoi Ancient Citadel is a part of the overall historical military relics of Dong Hoi during the Trinh-Nguyen conflict period, built on a key land area of ​​the trans-Vietnam road from North to South. Along with its favorable geographical position, bordering the Nhat Le river and estuary on the East, serving as both a place for reinforcements and contributing to stopping the enemy's waterway attack, this place has marked many events. important history, marking the victory in the Northern advance of the 9 Nguyen Lords, ending 200 years of civil war. At the same time, Dong Hoi citadel also marked many victories of the army and people of Quang Binh through two holy resistance wars of the nation. Dong Hoi Citadel was started construction in the 10th year of Gia Long (1812). The citadel was built on the land where Lord Nguyen Phuc Nguyen built Tran Ninh fortress (also known as Dao Duy Tu fortress - 1631) and Dong Hai fortress (1774) during the Trinh-Nguyen war. At first, the citadel was built of earth, but during the reign of King Minh Mang, he asked a French officer to redesign it and build it with bricks in 1824 according to the tapeless architecture, with the appearance of a military citadel, in the shape of a notch. 4 big zones, 4 small zones in the southwest-northeast and northwest-southeast directions. The citadel has 3 large gates north-south-east, on the gate there are 8-roof watchtowers, the citadel gate is built in a three-door style, connected to the outside by a brick bridge also built in an arch style across the moat. Outside the citadel, about 5-6m from the citadel is a 7 truong (28m) wide moat, the outside of the citadel is covered with additional 3 truong of soil, the citadel is built of bricks, mortar made of molasses mixed with sand, not plastered, bricks are baked. tall, large bricks are also called mallet bricks. In the year of the Tiger, 1842, King Thieu Tri, on his way to the North, passed the Tran Ninh citadel, changed its old name to Dinh Bac Truong Citadel and had it repaired. In 1885, the French colonialists attacked the Central region, Dong Hoi citadel became a place of defense and counterattack of the Nguyen Dynasty's army. On July 19, 1885, the French colonialists attacked Dong Hoi citadel for the second time and the citadel fell into French hands. During the Can Vuong movement, the army and people of Quang Binh joined the insurgent army led by Nguyen Pham Tuan who broke into Dong Hoi citadel three times in January, June, and August 1886 to attack French soldiers, causing them many losses. the seventh. During the anti-French period, Dong Hoi citadel was a place to gather soldiers, a rendezvous point for people who dared to live and sacrifice for the Fatherland. Most of Dong Hoi citadel was destroyed during the French colonial period. In the resistance war against the US, with the purpose of leveling and destroying, turning this place back to the Stone Age to prevent reinforcements from the Northern rear to the Southern battlefield, US imperialism rained down on Dong Hoi. tens of thousands of tons of bombs and ammunition and destroyed part of the ancient citadel. Today, Dong Hoi citadel is only about 1,087m long with 15 zigzag sections in the shape of star teeth. The southern part of the citadel has 2/3 remaining relatively intact, the eastern part of the citadel has 3 gates, 2 south and north bridges have collapsed. Completely, the clearest view from the map is a moat around the citadel according to ancient architecture. Although much destroyed during two wars, Dong Hoi citadel still retains its essential original elements. According to the assessment of researchers, over time Dong Hoi citadel has been a witness and also a historical record marking a period of heroic struggle of the people of Dong Hoi - Quang Binh and the whole country in the fight against enemies. inside and outside to protect the integrity of Vietnam's territory. With its importance as a relic that has existed for more than 200 years, and is an important historical evidence of the land of Dong Hoi - Quang Binh, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has classified Dong Hoi as one of 32 works. in the list of key cultural projects invested in from 2001-2010. Source: Quang Binh Newspaper

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