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The Zhengyangmen is situated on the central north–south axis of Beijing. The main gateway of the gatehouse is aligned with Yongdingmen Gate to the south, the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong and the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square, the Tiananmen Gate itself, the Meridian Gate, and the imperial throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, the city's Drum and Bell ...
The museum is located in Chaoyang District of Beijing City, some 15 km northeast of downtown Beijing, inside the circular test track that is part of the China National Railway Test Centre. It also has a branch in downtown Beijing, in the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station near Tian'anmen Square .
Beijing, the political, cultural, military, and commercial centre of the empire, was the capital city of the last three dynasties of China; it was the last imperial capital built in China's history. Continuing and improving upon the construction and planning traditions of earlier dynasties, Beijing embodied some of the highest achievements in ...
Dallas County Courthouse - Old Red Museum. The list of museums in North Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Meridian Gate or Wumen (simplified Chinese: 午门; traditional Chinese: 午門; pinyin: Wǔmén; Manchu: ᠵᡠᠯᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ; Möllendorff: julergi dulimbai duka) is the southern and largest gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
World heritage immersive panorama - In this panorama your viewpoint will be near a large bronze lion, one of a pair of traditional imperial guardian lions.This female (in appearance much like a male lion) is always to the intruder's left, and is shown playing with a single cub.
Ken Bridges is a Texas native, writer and history professor. He can be reached at drkenbridges@gmail.com. Texas History Minute: John Neely Bryan, his role in Van Buren, Dallas
The Dallas Downtown Historic District is a 555-acre (225 ha) area in downtown Dallas, Texas, United States that was designated a historic district in 2006 and expanded in 2009 to preserve the diverse architectural history of the area.