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Palace Museum

Palace Museum in Beijing

The former Forbidden City, built between 1406 and 1420 in the center of Beijing city proper, had been the imperial residence of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. One of the largest and best preserved palace complexes in the world, it has become the Palace Museum since the 1950s. There are approximately one million rare and valuable objects collected here.

Covering an area of 72 hectares, the Palace has a total floor space of some 160,000 sq m with 9,999 room units. The Throne Hall - Hall of Supreme Harmony - is China's tallest ancient palace building of timber, where during the reign of the Ming and Qing emperors all the important national ceremonies took place. The palace halls in symmetrical array represent the acme of China's ancient architectural art.



 

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