Pictured is one of two flanking obelisks at the Stele Pavilion in Tu Duc Royal Tomb complex four miles from Hue, Vietnam. The complex was built between 1864 and 1867 and was the home away from home for the Nguyen Emperor Tu Duc. The Stele Pavilion houses a 22-ton stone tablet stele inscribed with the Emperorââ¬â¢s biography. As the Emperor had no son, he wrote the text on the stele himself, which was considered a bad omen for the dynasty. Tu Ducââ¬â¢s stele is the largest in Vietnam ââ¬â the effort of bringing it from Thanh Hoa to Hue a 300 mile journey took four years. The two towers that flank the Stele Pavilion are a common sight at Royal Tombs, as they represent the emperor`s power
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