Duc Duc Tomb of Hue

Duc Duc was adoptive son of King Tu Duc. He ascended the throne on July 19th 1883. But only after 3 days, he was removed from the throne because he had deleted a paragraph from the Testament of the dead King and so Duc Duc was confined in prison. In October 24th 1884 the king died in prison.

Thanh Thai was the son of King Duc Duc, ascended the throne in 1889. At the beginning of 1890, Thanh Thai decided to build his father's mausoleum at the "buried by the heaven" place (now it is in An Cuu Ward, close to the Tu Quang Pagoda) and then named it An Lang.

In 1899, Long An Temple was construed on the right of the mausoleum, with altar for his dead father. In 1907, King Thanh Thai was dethroned because of his anti-colonialist attitude against the French. He died in 1954 and h body buried on the site of his father's tom. Duy Tan was the son of King Thanh Thai ascended the throne in 1907. In 1916, the King was arrested for attending the uprising against French colonialism. He was exiled out of the country like his father. In 198 his remains were sent back from Cent Africa to be buried next to his father’s tomb.

Duc Duc's tomb presents a simpler a more modest architecture in comparison with the tombs of other Nguyen Kin The whole rectangular tomb has a surface of 3,445m'. Inside, there are no temple stone statues. The entrance is an imposing triple gate made of brick and topped with a false roof. Long An Temple is in the centre of" area, built after the model of the existing palaces in Hue. Inside, are three altars dedicated to the emperors: Duc Duc (the middle, with his Wife), Thanh Thai (" the left) and Duy Tan (on the right). At the back of Long An Temple is place for Kings Thanh Thai and Duy Tan's rest. There are also tombs of these kings' relatives.