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Pictured is the entrance to the Imperial City in the Citadel in Hue, Vietnam. It is the main entrance and has multiple names including the Noon Gate, the Meridian Gate and in Vietnamese Cua ngo mon. Is is viewed across the moat that encircled it for protection. It`s construction began in 1804 and it was the seat of the Nguyen Dynasty. In June 1789 Nguyá»…n Ãnh ascended the throne of a unified Vietnam and proclaimed himself Emperor Gia Long with Hue, the ancestral seat of the Nguyen Lords as the capital.