Tourist attraction
Truong Sanh Palace
Walled royal garden turned residence for widowed queen mothers, with a crescent lake and rockeries.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Truong Sanh Palace in Hue's Imperial Citadel follows a garden built by Emperor Minh Mạng in the eighteen twenties as a retreat for royal mothers. It traces the Nguyễn dynasty's most violent year, eighteen eighty-three, when three emperors passed through the throne in a matter of months, and the women the crisis widowed. Along the way you'll meet the regent who orchestrated the chaos and the French who watched it unfold. Look for the crescent lake and rockeries that still trace the garden's original shape.
This audio guide was created using AI.