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Hoa Lư Citadel
Cố đô Hoa Lư
 Street address: Thôn Yên Thượng, Xã Trường Yên, Huyện Hoa Lư, Tỉnh Ninh Bình, Việt Nam
Mailing address: Ban Quản lý Di tích Lịch sử Văn hóa Cổ đô Hoa Lư, Xã Trường Yên, Huyện Hoa Lư, Tỉnh Ninh Bình, Việt Nam
Telephone: 84 (0) 30 620044
Contact: Bùi Xuân Quang Manager
Opening hours: Unrestricted access to site during daylight hours
In 968, after bringing to an end a long-standing civil conflict, Đinh Bộ Lĩnh declared himself king, taking the name Đinh Tiên Hoàng and renaming his reunified country as Đại Cồ Việt. He established his capital at Hoa Lư, 13 kilometres from Ninh Bình. The citadel and royal palaces of the Đinh (968-980) and Anterior Lê (980-1009) kings have long since disappeared, but visitors can still view 17th-century reconstructions of the 11th-century dynastic temples dedicated to Kings Đinh Tiên Hoàng and Lê Đại Hành. After viewing the temples, visitors may take a boat trip through beautiful valleys surrounded by wooded karst limestone hills. Every year in the third month of the lunar calendar pilgrims flock to the site to attend the Trường Yên Festival:
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