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CO LOA HISTORICAL SITE
This relic of an ancient urban area and military (1) ____________ is located in Co Loa Village, Dong Anh District, Hanoi. Throughout history, Co Loa was nominated twice as the capital of Vietnam: the first time (2) ____________ the An Duong Vuong era in the late 3rd and early 2nd century BC, and the second time during the Ngo Vuong Quyen reign in the middle of the 10th century.
This is perhaps the most ancient citadel in Vietnam, (3) __built__ by King An Duong Vuong between 214 and 208 BC to make it the capital of the Au Lac State (the name of Vietnam at that time). The citadel has the structure of an oyster shell with 3 turns: the exterior, the middle and the interior. Legends said that one night the white cocks badly damaged the citadel.
The god of river knew the damage and mysteriously interfered by sending a holy tortoise to (4) ____________ the citadel building. When the construction was completed, a magic bow was given to king An Duong Vuong to defeat the northern invaders from China.