Tomb of Lê Văn Duyệt (Ho Chi Minh City)

Vietnam / Dong Nam Bo / Ho Chi Minh City / Đinh Tiên Hoàng Street
 temple, tomb(s)
Le Van Duyet (1763–1831) was a Vietnamese general who helped Nguyen Anh put down the Tay Son rebellion and unify Vietnam. When the Nguyen dynasty came to power in 1802, he become a high-ranking mandarin in the reign of two early Nguyen emperors Gia Long and Minh Mang.

Tomb of Le Van Duyet (Vietnamese: Lăng Tả quân Lê Văn Duyệt), also known as Tomb of the Marshal in Ba Chieu (Vietnamese: Lăng Ông Bà Chiểu) is a Vietnamese tomb located in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The tomb was originally built for Marshal Le Van Duyet and his wife but later became some other Nguyen dynasty's mandarins worship house.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Le_Van_Duyet
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Coordinates:   10°48'5"N   106°41'49"E
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