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Location: Flag Tower is on Dien Bien Phu Street, Ba Dinh District,
Hanoi; near Ba Dinh Square.
Characteristic: Hanoi Flag Tower, also called Cot Co, is one of the
rare architectural works in Hanoi that was fortunate enough to not be
destroyed by the French administration between
1894 and 1897.
It was used by French troops
as an observation tower and communication station between command
headquarters and adjacent military posts.
It was built in 1812 and is composed of three platforms and a tower. The
words Nghenh Huc, meaning "to welcome dawn's sunlight," are inscribed on the
eastern door. The western door bears the two words Hoi Quang, meaning "to
reflect light," and the southern door, Huong Minh, meaning "directed to the
sunlight."
The tower receives sunlight through 36 flower-shaped and six fan-shaped
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