What museum is now housed in the palace built by Nguyễn An and others in the 15th century?
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Nguyễn An Nguyễn An (Sino-Vietnamese 阮安; died 1453), known in Chinese as Ruan An (pinyin) or Juan An (Wade-Giles), was a Ming dynasty eunuch, architect, and hydraulics specialist between the first and fifth decades of the 15th century. Born in Vietnam, he was taken as tribute from Vietnam to China and later became a eunuch and architect in service to the Chinese emperors. He, along with numerous architects, such as master designers and planners Cai Xin (蔡信), Chen Gui (陳珪), and Wu Zhong (吳中), master carpenter Kuai Xiang (蒯祥), and master mason Lu Xiang (陸祥), was an important builder of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
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Forbidden City The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty—the years 1420 to 1912. It is in the center of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. It served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for almost 500 years.
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Vietnam Institute of Archaeology The Vietnam Institute of Archaeology (Vietnamese: "Viện khảo cổ học" ) is an important archaeological institution in Vietnam. It is based in Hanoi. The institute has been responsible for the coordination of many notable archaeological finds in the country.
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Imperial City, Huế The Imperial City (Vietnamese: "Hoàng thành" ) is a walled palace within the citadel ("Kinh thành") of the city of Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam.
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Palazzo Farnese Palazzo Farnese (] ) or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and currently serves as the French embassy in Italy.
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Viet Museum The Viet Museum (Vietnamese: "Viện Bảo Tàng Việt Nam" ) or Museum of the Boat People & the Republic of Vietnam is a museum focusing on the experience of Vietnamese Americans and their journey from Vietnam to the United States. It is located in Greenwalt House at History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose, California, United States, and was opened on August 25, 2007.
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Tomb of Gia Long Tomb of Gia Long (Vietnamese: "Lăng Gia Long" ), officially Thien Tho Tomb ("Lăng Thiên Thọ" ), is a royal tomb of the Nguyễn Dynasty which is located in the Hương Thọ commune of Hương Trà district, some 20 kilometres south of the city of Huế.
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National museums of Thailand The national museums of Thailand are operated by the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture, and are responsible for the safeguarding of state-owned historical and cultural artefacts. In 1926 King Prajadhipok created the Royal Institute of Art, Literature and Archaeology, which then opened the museum in Bangkok at the Wang Na palace. Today (as of 2016 ) there are 43 national museum branches operated across the country.
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Presidential Palace (Laos) The Presidential Palace is the official residence of the President of Laos, who, informally, also holds the position of General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. It is located on the banks of the Mekong River in the capital city, Vientiane.
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Lê dynasty The Later Lê dynasty (Vietnamese: "Nhà Hậu Lê" ; Hán Việt: 後黎朝), sometimes referred to as the Lê dynasty (the earlier Lê dynasty ruled only for a brief period (980–1009)), was the longest-ruling dynasty of Vietnam, ruling the country from 1428 to 1788, with a brief six-year interruption of the Mạc dynasty usurpers (1527-1533). Vietnamese historians usually distinguish the 100-year Later Lê dynasty early period (1428 to 1527) from 256-years of figurehead emperors of the Later Lê dynasty warlord period (1533 to 1789) following the dynasty's restoration by powerful warlords.
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Thiền uyển tập anh Collection of Outstanding Figures of the Zen Garden (, Vietnamese: "Thiền uyển tập anh" ) is a Chinese-language Vietnamese Buddhist biographical text dating to 1337. It connects the history of Buddhism in Vietnam with China and has aspects of a Dharma transmission text modelled on "The Transmission of the Lamp" genre.
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Viện cơ mật The Viện cơ mật or "Secret Institute" (chu Han 院機密, Chinese 機密院, established 1834) was the Privy Council and key mandarin agency of the royal court of Vietnam's final Nguyễn Dynasty at Huế, until the end of the dynasty in 1945.
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Lý dynasty The Lý dynasty ( ; ] ) (Vietnamese: "Nhà Lý" , Hán Nôm: 家李), sometimes known as the Later Lý dynasty, was a Vietnamese dynasty that began in 1009 when emperor Lý Thái Tổ overthrew the Early Lê dynasty and ended in 1225, when the empress Lý Chiêu Hoàng (then 8 years old) was forced to abdicate the throne in favor of her husband, Trần Cảnh. During emperor Lý Thánh Tông's reign, the official name of Vietnam became Đại Việt.
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Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów The Museum of King John III's Palace at Wilanów (Polish: "Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie" ) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland considered to be one of the oldest in the country and the repository of the country's royal and artistic heritage. The collection consists of valuables collected by subsequent owners of the Wilanów Palace, the Kings of Poland - John III Sobieski and Augustus II, as well as by representatives of noble families of Potocki, Lubomirski and Branicki and a collection of Sarmatian art.
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Vatican Historical Museum The Vatican Historical Museum (Italian: "Museo storico vaticano" ) is one of the sections of the Vatican Museums. It was founded in 1973 at the behest of Pope Paul VI, and was initially hosted in environments under the Square Garden. In 1987 it was moved to the main floor of the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran and opened in March 1991.
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Archbishop's Palace, Maidstone The Archbishop's Palace is an historic 14th-century and 16th-century building on the east bank of the River Medway in Maidstone, Kent. Originally a home from home for travelling archbishops from Canterbury, the building is today principally used as a venue for wedding services. The former tithe barn for the palace (today severed from the palace by the A229), now serves as the Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.
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Palais Trautson Palais Trautson is a Baroque palace in Vienna, Austria, located at Museumstraße 7. It was once owned by the noble Trautson family {}.
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Museum Siam Museum Siam is a discovery museum that is located at Sanamchai road in Bangkok, Thailand. The museum was established in 2007 in the former building of the Ministry of Commerce. It was created to teach the national identity and history of the people of Thailand, and their relationships with neighboring cultures. The motto of the museum is “Play + Learn = เพลิน” (which means 'joyously' in Thai); through a series of interactive exhibits, the museum shows the development of Thailand from the past to present.
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Côn Đảo Prison Côn Đảo Prison (Vietnamese: "Nhà tù Côn Đảo" ), also Côn Sơn Prison, is a prison on Côn Sơn Island (also known as Côn Lôn) the largest island of the Côn Đảo archipelago in southern Vietnam (today it is in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province. The prison was built in 1861 by the French colonists to jail those considered specially dangerous to the colonist government. Many of the high-ranking leaders of Vietnam were detained here. It is ranked a special historical relic of national importance by the government of Vietnam. The most famous site in this prison is "tiger's cage" (vi:"chuồng cọp"). The cage covers an area of 5.475 m2, of which the area of cell is 1.408 m2, sunbath room covers 1.873 m2 and other space covers 2.194 m2. The prison includes 120 cells.
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Dar Mustapha Pacha Dar Mustapha Pacha (French: "Palais Mustapha Pacha" ) is a Moorish palace, located in the Casbah of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria. It houses the National Museum of Miniatures, Illumination and Calligraphy.
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Phước Điền Temple Phước Điền Temple (Vietnamese: "Chùa Phước Điền" ) (also known as Chùa Hang or Hang Pagoda) is a temple in Châu Đốc, An Giang Province, southwestern Vietnam. It is an official historic monument, proclaimed on July 10, 1980 by the Ministry of Culture and Information of Vietnam.
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Museum of Trade Ceramics The Museum of Trade Ceramics is located in Hoi An, central Vietnam. It is a museum showcasing the origins and history of the town and the region in the context of historic trade and relationships with foreign nations such as China, India, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand. The building housing the museum is itself an attractively restored traditional wooden house of Hoi An's old quarter, which, on account of design similarity and a historically significant local Japanese trading community, is likened to those of Kyoto.