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  2. Hoàn Kiếm Lake - Wikipedia

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    Hoàn Kiếm Lake (Vietnamese: Hồ Hoàn Kiếm, chữ Hán: 湖還劍, meaning "Lake of the Returned Sword" or "Lake of the Restored Sword"), also known as Sword Lake (Hồ Gươm) or Tả Vọng Lake (Hồ Tả Vọng), is a fresh water lake, measuring some 12 ha in the historical center of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. In the past ...

  3. Turtle Tower - Wikipedia

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    The tower is located on an island in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake. Turtle Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Rùa / 塔𪛇), also called Tortoise Tower, is a small tower in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It is one of the most iconic, symbolic and most recognizable pieces of architecture representing Hanoi and the ...

  4. Hoàn Kiếm district - Wikipedia

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    Hoàn Kiếm (transl.Returned Sword) is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [ 3 ] It is named after the scenic Hoàn Kiếm Lake. The lake is in the heart of the district and serves as the focal point of the city's public life. The majority of tourist attractions in Hanoi are also located in ...

  5. Hoan Kiem turtle - Wikipedia

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    Hoan Kiem turtle. The Hoàn Kiếm turtle, also Rafetus leloii, was an obsolete or controversial taxon of turtle from Southeast Asia, based on specimens from Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Most experts classify this turtle as synonymous with the rare Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), although some Vietnamese biologists ...

  6. Hanoi - Wikipedia

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    Bird-eye view of Hanoi in 1944; the Hoan Kiem lake in the middle. The city was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1940, Japan overthrew French rule in Hanoi in March 1945. After the fall of the Empire of Vietnam , it became the capital of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) when Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam on ...

  7. Ngọc Sơn Temple - Wikipedia

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    Deity. Wenchang Dijun. Guan Yu. Lü Dongbin. Trần Hưng Đạo. Location. Country. Vietnam. The Ngọc Sơn Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Ngọc Sơn, chữ Nôm: 𪽛玉山) is located on a islet in Hoàn Kiếm Lake, central Hanoi, Vietnam.

  8. Thê Húc Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Thê Húc Bridge is seen here with its name written in chữ Hán, the characters say 棲旭橋 (Thê Húc Kiều). The characters are to be read from right to left. The bridge now consists of 15 spans with 32 round wooden pillars arranged in 16 pairs. The bridge deck is paved and the surface railings are painted dark red, with the words ...

  9. List of lakes of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Lakes in Vietnam. Ba Mẫu Lake. Ba Bể Lake. Biển Hồ Lake. Bảy Mẫu Lake. Búng Bình Thiên. Dầu Tiếng Lake. Giảng Võ Lake. Lakes in Hanoi (Các hồ tại Hà Nội):

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