It was the former imperial seat of government and Hue's prime attraction, and it includes a great sprawling complex of temples, pavilions, moats, walls, gates, shops, museums and galleries, featuring art and costumes from various periods of Vietnamese history.
The citadel was badly knocked during fighting between the French and the Viet Minh in 1947, and again in 1968 during the Tet Offensive.The highlights include the Hòa Palace. The emperor's coronation hall, where he would sit in state and receive foreign dignitaries. Thr Forbidden Purple City is behind Thai Hoa Palace, but it was almost entirely destroyed during the 1968 Tet Offensive and only the rather nondescript Mandarin Palaces on both sides remain.
The Thien Mu Pagoda overlooks the Perfume River and is the official symbol of the city of Hue. Thien Mu means "elderly celestial woman", and refers to an old legend about the founding of the pagoda.
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