The Kien Trung Palace is right on the middle axis of Hue Imperial Citadel. The architecture is at the northern end of this axis in the Purple Forbidden City of Hue and was built in 1921-1923 by King Khai Dinh.
Before the Kien Trung Palace there had been a pavilion called Minh Vien Pavilion (1827-1876), Du Cuu Pavilion (1913-1916). Kien Trung was the name given by King Khai Dinh in 1916.
The middle axis of Hue Imperial Citadel, which was referred to as the Sacred Path, was reserved for the King only. From the south to the north (or front to the rear as a visitor would go), the important architectures along this sacred line are the Thai Hoa Palace, the Can Chanh Palace, the Can Thanh Palace, the Khon Thai Palace and the Kien Trung Palace.
The Kien Trung Palace was where King Khai Dinh worked. Under King Bao Dai, it was where the Royal Family lived and where the King worked daily. On 29-August-1945 it was where King Bao Dai met with a delegation from the Provisional Revolutionary Democratic Republic of Vietnam discussing the abdication of the King. In 1947, the architecture was destroyed in the attrition war against the French. And it was restored in 2019-2024 for a cost of 5.5 million US Dollars (124 Billion Vietnamese Dongs).
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