Beijing city fortifications
The Beijing city fortifications were a system of walls with towers and gates constructed in the city of Beijing, China in the early 1400s and mostly demolished in the 1950s and 1960s.
Photo: Kallgan, Public domain.- Type: Historical site
- Description: ancient walls and towers around Beijing
- Also known as: “Beijings bymurer”, “Fou-ch’eng Men”, “Fucheng Men”, “P’ing Tz’e Men”, “P’ing-tse Men”, “京師內城”, “京師外城”, “北京内城”, “北京外城”, and “北平城”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Fucheng Men station and Lu Xun Museum.
Lu Xun Museum
Museum
The Beijing Lu Xun Museum is a museum in Fucheng Gate Avenue, Beijing, China. Lu Xun Museum is situated 270 metres northeast of Beijing city fortifications.
Miaoying Temple
Buddhist temple
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Financial Street Subdistrict, Beijing and Yuetan.
Financial Street Subdistrict, Beijing
Suburb
Financial Street Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the center of Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
Yuetan
Suburb
Beijing city fortifications
- Categories: Chinese city wall, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.92222° or 39° 55′ 20″ north
Longitude
116.35083° or 116° 21′ 3″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
Open location code
8PFRW9C2+V8
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Beijing city fortifications” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北京城池”
- Chinese: “明清北京城”
- Chinese: “阜成门”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تحصينات مدينة بكين”
- French: “remparts de Pékin”
- French: “Remparts de Pékin”
- German: “Stadtmauern von Peking”
- Indonesian: “Benteng kota Beijing”
- Italian: “Fortificazioni di Pechino”
- Japanese: “北京城”
- Literary Chinese: “京畿”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijings bymur”
- Norwegian: “Beijings bymur”
- Slovenian: “Mestne utrdbe Pekinga”
- Swedish: “Pekings stadsmur”
- Thai: “ป้อมปราการเมืองปักกิ่ง”
- Urdu: “بیجنگ شہر کی قلعہ بندیاں”
- Western Panjabi: “بیجنگ شہر دیاں قلعہ بندیاں”
- Yue Chinese: “北京城”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: FengSheng and Xizhimen.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Holiday Inn Downtown Beijing and Presidential Plaza Beijing.
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