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  2. Daming Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Daming Palace was the imperial palace complex of the Tang dynasty, ... Reconstruction model of Hanyuan Hall. Hanyuan Hall's platform. Hanyuan Hall's platform.

  3. Xuanwu Gate Incident - Wikipedia

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    The reconstructed Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace, a palatial complex built as a home for Emperor Taizong's father, the retired Emperor Gaozu In 632, Ma Zhou charged that the retired Emperor Gaozu had settled in the Da'an Palace, [ i ] which he considered an inhospitable place as it was built on low-lying lands at Chang'an that were plagued ...

  4. Chinese palace - Wikipedia

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    Daming Palace (大明宮 - "Palace of the Great Brightness"), also known as the Eastern Apartments (東内), in (Tang) Chang'an (長安), now downtown Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province: imperial palace of the Tang dynasty after A.D. 663 (it was briefly named Penglai Palace (蓬萊宮) between 663 and 705), but the Taiji Palace remained in use ...

  5. Chang'an - Wikipedia

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    Within the West Park was a running stream and within the walled enclosure of the West Palace were two running streams, one connecting three ponds and another connecting two ponds. The small East Park had a pond the size of those in the West Palace. The Daming Palace and the Xingqing Palace (along the eastern wall of the city) had small lakes to ...

  6. Weiyang, Xi'an - Wikipedia

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    It is the ruins of the largest palace in the capital city Chang'an of the Tang dynasty. According to archaeological researches, the palace had a trapezoidal flat plan: the east palace wall has 7,579 ft (2,310 m) in length, the west wall has 7,402 ft (2,256 m), the south wall has 5,492 ft (1,674 m), and the north wall has 3,724 ft (1,135 m).

  7. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, one of the two lending arms traditionally considered to be the World Bank. Typically lends to middle-income governments, also some creditworthy low-income countries. Founded in 1944. FY 2014 commitments $18.6 billion. Lends at market rate. Guarantees loans

  8. An Jiayao - Wikipedia

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    She received her MA in 1982 from Archaeology Department of CASS and has been involved in numerous excavations. From 2001 to 2005, she led an excavation at the imperial gardens at Daming Palace's Taiye Pond in a joint project between CASS's Institute of Archaeology and Japan's Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. [3]

  9. Fortifications of Xi'an - Wikipedia

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    Following the hermit's advice, Zhu established the Ming dynasty, and then built a highly fortified wall over a previously existing palace wall of the Tang dynasty (618–907). He started building the Xi'an City Wall, [ 3 ] as the capital of northwestern Shaanxi Province [ 4 ] in 1370. [ 5 ]