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French Fort and Lung Ho Citadel Relics are located in Lang Qua village, Lung Ho commune, Yen Minh district, Ha Giang province. The Fort and the Citadel are two separate areas and are located about 2km apart, 742m above sea level, French Fort and Lung Ho Citadel Relics are 106km north of Ha Giang city.
Lung Ho Citadel Relic
According to French documents, in 1907, Duong Thuong land belonged to Dong Minh commune, Yen Minh commune, Ha Giang province. During the inspection trip to Dai Mien, Tieu Mien, Yen Minh, Yen Dinh, Du Gia, Duong Thuong areas of Lieutenant Colonel Boifacy, commander of the 3rd military command, in report No. 1165, September 1913, this land "needed to be monitored and that is why there must be Duong Thuong post..." After this inspection trip, the work of planning to build a new post was gradually carried out. The old Duong Thuong post, now Lung Ho post, was built and completed from 1935 to 1940.
Wall: The wall is located about 2km from the station, based on natural conditions along the mountain slopes on both sides of the only road connecting Lung Ho and Yen Minh with the purpose of controlling goods, people and horses in this area, and the alarm will be sent to the station about 2km away. The main material used to build the wall is mountain stone, taken from the construction site and surrounding areas with many different sizes, the mortar used to build is mainly sand mixed with lime, without cement.
Lung Ho Fort: The fort was built on high, fairly flat land facing East - West. The surrounding wall is nearly 200m long and is arranged with shooting emplacements. The shooting emplacements all have loopholes for observation outside. The main material to build the wall is mountain stone, taken from the construction site and surrounding areas with many different sizes, the mortar used to build is mainly sand mixed with lime, no cement. The design of the fort includes a horizontal house area and a longitudinal house row in the West; a longitudinal house row area and watchtower in the East; Between the East and West areas is a large area of land.
