One Pillar Pagoda
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The One Pillar Pagoda, formally belongs to an architecture complex called Diên Hựu tự which means 'pagoda of extended blessings'. The pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in the central Ba Đình distri
One Pillar Pagoda
Steps leading up to the pagoda
Small shrine devoted to Quan Âm Boddhisatva inside the pagoda
One Pillar Pagoda in 1896
Lý dynasty
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The Lý dynasty, officially Đại Cồ Việt from 1009 to 1054 and Đại Việt from 1054 to 1225, was a Vietnamese dynasty that existed from 1009 to 1225. It was established by Lý Công Uẩn when he overthrew th
Thiên đô chiếu (遷都詔), written in 1009 by Emperor Lý Thái Tổ when he decided to move from Hoa Lư to Đại La (later renamed Thang Long, as known as Hanoi today)
One Pillar Pagoda, built by emperor Lý Thái Tông in 1049
A Lý dynasty terracotta dragon's head
Ruins of the Lý dynasty Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long.