Pho Minh pagoda Chùa Phổ Minh
Stone tower on the Trần ground
Give the morning to the stone tower on the same Tức Mặc ground as Đền Trần. The tower is 19.51 m with a base of 5.20 m, and also 21.2 m with a base edge of 5.21 m. Both stay. The fee and the gate hour are Check on arrival.
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The stone tower at the end of the palm walk
Photo: Mai Lan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walk the pagoda and the stone tower. One measure is a square base of 5.20 m and a full height of 19.51 m, ending in 14 storeys at the lotus finial. Another is 14 storeys, 21.2 m, a base edge of 5.21 m, and about 700 tons on about 30 m². Both heights stay. Both base edges stay. The hall is a chữ Công plan. The front hall is 9 bays, 24.93 m by 8.22 m. Steles are dated Cảnh Trị 6 (1668) and Duy Tân 1 (1907). The latest major repair was 1994–1995.
Photo: I Love Triệu Đà · CC BY-SA 4.0
This pagoda and Đền Trần are one special national relic. The ground is thôn Tức Mặc, phường Lộc Vượng, thành phố Nam Định, tỉnh Nam Định, and also phường Nam Định, tỉnh Ninh Bình. Both wordings stay. Thiên Trường sits in the middle, Cố Trạch to the east is Trần Hưng Đạo, and Trùng Hoa to the west is the 14 kings. Another assignment puts Thiên Trường as the 14 kings and Trùng Hoa as the kings plus mandarins. Both assignments stay.
The seal night is the reason many people come, on the 14th of lunar month 1. One clock starts at 22:00. The 2026 plan clears the yard from 21:00 and runs the seal palanquin until 23:10. Both clocks stay. The next solar date is Check on arrival. Check a gate hour on an ordinary day on arrival.
Getting there and around
The pagoda is the same Tức Mặc ground as Đền Trần. Check the minutes from the cathedral on arrival.
From the center
The cathedral, Chợ Rồng, and the Hàng streets are a walk in the center. Đền Trần and Phổ Minh are the Tức Mặc ground. Check the minutes between them on arrival.
From Hanoi
Ga Nam Định is kilometre 87. Southbound SE cells differ by 1 hour 40 minutes or 1 hour 41 minutes. SE7 is Hà Nội 06:00 and Nam Định 07:40. Check the fare, and the minutes from the station to the tower, on arrival.
Hours and fees
- Hours
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- Closed
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- Admission
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