Tomb of Dục Đức

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Tomb of Dục Đức
An Lăng
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General information
Architectural styleMausoleum
LocationThe Complex of Huế Monuments , Huế City
CountryVietnam
Completed1889
Design and construction
Main contractorKing Thành Thái
An lăng Gate, inside is the burial and worshiping place for King Dục Đức, Thành Thái and Duy Tân

The Tomb of Emperor Dục Đức (Vietnamese: Lăng Dục Đức), officially the An Mausoleum (An Lăng, chữ Hán: ) is a tomb complex in Huế, Vietnam, in which are buried Dục Đức and his wife, his son Thành Thái, his grandson the child-emperor Duy Tân, and several other members of Vietnam's last dynasty, the Nguyễn dynasty, such as the queen mother Nguyễn Thị Định (mother of Duy Tân).[1][2]

Duy Tân was buried in the tomb compound in 1987.[3]

The mausoleum has two sections - the tomb itself and Long An shrine.[4]

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