Historical landmark
The Flag Tower
Three-tiered brick bastion topped by Vietnam's tallest flagpole, rebuilt four times after storms and war.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the Flag Tower in Hue traces the pole above the Citadel's southern gate through its repeated failures, from the timber posts raised under emperors Gia Long and Thieu Tri to the storm and the war that brought them down. It lingers on the flag that flew here during the fighting of nineteen sixty-eight, and on why sources still disagree over exactly how long it flew. You will hear what stood on this spot before the current pole, and why the count of days has never quite settled.
This audio guide was created using AI.