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  2. List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Beijing

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    Southeast corner of Beijing city fortifications 北京城东南角楼 39°53′55″N 116°21′04″E  /  39.898728°N 116.351025°E  / 39.898728; 116.351025 Beijing

  3. History of Beijing - Wikipedia

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    1912 map of Beijing showing city walls, railways and stations. Nei Ch’eng refers to the Inner City and Nan Ch’eng refers to the Outer City. The first railway in China was built in Beijing in 1864 by a British merchant to demonstrate the technology to the imperial court. [128] About 600 meters of tracks were laid outside Xuanwumen. [128]

  4. Museum of the History of Barcelona - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) put an end to this research, though the importance of the findings determined that this was the most fitting location for the historical museum planned since the 19th century, which would then become largely an archaeological museum. The Museum of the History of Barcelona was finally inaugurated several years ...

  5. Capital Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Beijing Capital Museum today contains over 200,000 cultural relics in its collection. [2] Only a small fraction of the collection is exhibited, and a significant percentage of the museum's art collection comprises artifacts unearthed in Beijing. [3] The Capital Museum was established in 1981 with a collection of some 83,000 objects. [3]

  6. Beijing city fortifications - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Inner city (1861–1890) Beijing's Inner city is also called Jingcheng ("capital city") or Dacheng ("big city"). The eastern and western sections were originally part of the Yuan city of Dadu, while the northern and southern sections were built during the early Ming dynasty in the Hongwu (1368–1398) and Yongle (1402–1424) eras.

  7. Palace Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Palace Museum (Chinese: 故宫博物院; pinyin: Gùgōng Bówùyùan), also known as the Beijing Palace Museum, [2] [3] [4] is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China.

  8. History of the Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    View of the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park. The Forbidden City was first built in the early-15th century as the palace of the Ming emperors of China. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, and was the Chinese imperial palace from the early-Ming dynasty in 1420 to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912, continuing to be home of the last emperor, Puyi, until 1924, since then it has been ...

  9. Beijing - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Capital city of China "Peking" redirects here. For other uses, see Beijing (disambiguation) and Peking (disambiguation). Capital and municipality in China Beijing 北京 Peking Capital and municipality Beijing Municipality Beijing central business district with the China Zun (center ...

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