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Chùa Trấn Quốc (Tran Quoc pagoda), Hotay, Hanoi. Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest of all pagodas in Hanoi. It is located on a small peninsula on the eastern bank of Ho Tay, the West Lake of Hanoi. It is said that, the pagoda was built under the reign of King Ly Nam De (544-548) under its original name of Khai Quoc (National Founder) on the bank of the Red River. In the 17th century, Khai Quoc Pagoda was moved to its present side and was renamed Chua Tran Quoc. Historian learned all this from a stele found on the premises which dates back to 1639.
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