Yongdingmen

Yongdingmen was the former front gate of the outer city of . Originally built in 1553 during Ming Dynasty, it was torn down in the 1950s to make way for the new road system in Beijing.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 41 metres (135 feet)
  • …stands 26 metres (85 feet) tall
  • Description: former front gate of the outer city of Beijing’s old city wall
  • Also known as
    “Yung-ting Gate”
    “Yung-ting Men”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beijing Stomatological Hospital (Tiantan Branch), Capital Medical University and National Natural History Museum of China.
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is situated 680 metres northeast of Yongdingmen.
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The … is situated 1¼ km north of Yongdingmen.
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The is a complex of imperial… is situated 1¼ km northeast of Yongdingmen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yongdingmenwai and Tianqiao.
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the…
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southeast part of Xicheng District, , China.

Yongdingmen

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Latitude
39.87106° or 39° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
116.39311° or 116° 23′ 35″ east
Open location code
8PFRV9CV+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228041535
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1786362
Wiki­data ID
Q1808040

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Yongdingmen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Yongdingmen”
  • Chinese: “永定門”
  • Chinese: “永定门”
  • Chinese: “永定门城楼”
  • Chinese: “西安西门”
  • French: “Yongdingmen”
  • German: “Yongding-Tor”
  • Hebrew: “יונגדינגמן”
  • Indonesian: “Yongdingmen”
  • Italian: “Yongdingmen”
  • Japanese: “永定門”
  • Manchu: “ᡝᠨᡨᡝᡥᡝᠮᡝ ᡨᠣᡴᡨᠣᡥᠣ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
  • Manchu: “ᠶᡠᠩ ᡩᡳᠩ ᠮᡝᠨ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Éng-tēng-mn̂g”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yongdingmen”
  • Norwegian: “Yongdingmen”
  • Polish: “Yongdingmen”
  • Spanish: “Yongdingmen”
  • Swedish: “Yongdingmen”
  • Thai: “ประตูหย่งติ้ง”
  • Urdu: “یونگدینگمین”

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