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Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum: Exterior
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Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum: Exterior · 49670-Nanjing
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Memorial · Historic precedent

Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum

Lü Yanzhi · Nanjing, China · 1929

Key featuresLong stair of 392 steps climbs a mountain slope to a granite hall with blue glazed-tile roofs.

Architect
Lü Yanzhi
Place
Nanjing, China
Year
1929
Typology
Memorial
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
East Asia
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