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Forbidden City: Exterior · Views of the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park
1/7 · Exterior · Views of the Forbidden City from Jingshan ParkPhoto: EditQ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forbidden City: Exterior · Beijing, 1991; digital copy of slide
2/7 · Exterior · Beijing, 1991; digital copy of slidePhoto: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0 · source
Forbidden City: Exterior · Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City- Beijing, China, Sept 28 2017
3/7 · Exterior · Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City- Beijing, China, Sept 28 2017Photo: Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · source
Forbidden City: Interior · The Hall of Military Eminence in the Forbidden City
4/7 · Interior · The Hall of Military Eminence in the Forbidden CityPhoto: Balon Greyjoy · CC0 · source
Forbidden City: Context · A (HDR-) photograph shot from the Jingshan Park (aka Coal Hill or Prospect Hill)
5/7 · Context · A (HDR-) photograph shot from the Jingshan Park (aka Coal Hill or Prospect Hill)Photo: Pixelflake · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Forbidden City: Sketch
6/7 · SketchPhoto: William Simpson · Public domain · source
Forbidden City: Model · Forbidden City model
7/7 · Model · Forbidden City modelPhoto: DestinationFearFan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Views of the Forbidden City from Jingshan ParkPhoto 2: Exterior · Beijing, 1991; digital copy of slidePhoto 3: Exterior · Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City- Beijing, China, Sept 28 2017Photo 4: Interior · The Hall of Military Eminence in the Forbidden CityPhoto 5: Context · A (HDR-) photograph shot from the Jingshan Park (aka Coal Hill or Prospect Hill)Photo 6: SketchPhoto 7: Model · Forbidden City model

Palace · Historic precedent

Forbidden City

Kuai Xiang (Ming imperial builders) · Beijing, China · 1420

Key featuresWalled and moated palace city of 980 buildings strung along Beijing's north-south axis.

Architect
Kuai Xiang (Ming imperial builders)
Place
Beijing, China
Year
1420
Typology
Palace
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
East Asia
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