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unusual facts about Âu Lạc



An Dương Vương

An Dương Vương is the title of Thục Phán, who ruled over the ancient kingdom of Âu Lạc from 257 to 207 BC, after defeating the state of Văn Lang and uniting the two tribes Âu Việt and Lạc Việt.

China–Vietnam relations

He then renamed his newly acquired state from Văn Lang to Âu Lạc and established the new capital at Phong Khê in the present-day Phú Thọ town in northern Vietnam, where he tried to build Cổ Loa Citadel), the spiral fortress approximately ten miles north of that new capital.


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