Hue Royal Fine Arts Museum repaired

by laddison | April 10, 2008 at 11:41 pm

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The restoration ofLong An Palace in Hue throughout April 2008 will see some preciousrelics from its Royal Fine Arts Museum relocated for temporary displayat An Dinh Palace. The Long An Palace was built on the northern bank ofthe Ngu Ha River in 1845 under the reign of Thieu Tri King.

The temple was built in 1845 as the Bao Dinh Palace by then-emperor Thieu Tri in the area now known as Tay Loc Ward in Hue’s royal citadel.

Since 1885, when the royal citadel was lost to the French, the palace has been unoccupied.

In 1908, the wooden structure was moved to its present location at 3 Le Truc Street, some 3km from the previous location.

It was turned into the Long An Temple and used as a library for the imperial training school for mandarins of the Nguyen dynasty.

In 1925, emperor Khai Dinh signed a decree to use it for the display of imperial antiques, renaming it the Khai Dinh Museum.

The building was renamed the Hue Royal Citadel Antique Museum after the liberation of the south in 1975.