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Location: Binh Son Tower is located In Binh
Son Village, Lap Thach District, Vinh Phuc Province, and 150km from Hanoi.
Characteristics: Binh Son Tower is a unique architectural, which erected
during the Ly-Tran period that has been conserved in its original design
This 16m tower has 11 floors, each with a curved roof. The tower is empty on the
inside and located on a square platform.
The tower was built with solid red bricks and its foundations were built with Vo
bricks. The surface of the fine Vo bricks is dark and has flower imprints. These
features create a harmonious building style, suitable to different architectural
trends. The tower was restored in 1972 after a landslide caused the tower to
sink to one side. Although the tower’s foundations were raised 4m higher than
they were before the landslide, all the architectural attributes of the tower
were kept intact.
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