Gò Công

Gò Công is a former provincial city of Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, not to be confused with East Gò Công and West Gò Công districts, which also belong to Tiền Giang Province. The city is characterised by its numerous canals, orchards and fields. It is notable for the Royal Mausoleums, an ancient architectural complex in Long Hưng Commune near National Highway 50, about 30 kilometres from Mỹ Tho, which is the burial place of members of the Phạm Đăng lineage, a prominent clan of mandarins and courtiers in the southern region during the 18th and 19th centuries. The mausoleums face each other on both sides of a road and cover nearly 3,000 square metres inside a wall 80 centimetres thick. Thirteen mausoleums were built between 1811 and the early 20th century by local people and carpenters from Huế, in a traditional Huế style with no nails, and they include that of Grand Duke Phạm Đăng Hưng, father of the Queen Consort Từ Dụ.