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Forbidden City

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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Collections of the Palace Museum”, “Gùgōng Bówùyùan”, “Palace Museum”, and “The Palace Museum”
  • Address: 景山前街 4号

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forbidden City and Hall of Preserving Harmony.

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The , located at the centre of , was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.

Palace
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The is one of the three halls of the Outer Court of the in , China, along with the and Hall of Central Harmony.

City gate
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The is the main gate of the Inner Court of the , in , China. The gate once led people to Forbidden City's residential quarters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Dongcheng and Gulou.

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Dongcheng District is in . It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.

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is a part of Dongcheng District in , . The name "Gulou" translates to Drum Tower, which is one of the main attractions here. is considered the most charming area in Beijing.

Suburb
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is the name of an intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Dongcheng District, . , at the intersection of what is now Avenues North, South and West and Inner Street, dates to the Yuan dynasty. is situated 2½ km northeast of Forbidden City.

Forbidden City

Latitude
39.91743° or 39° 55′ 3″ north
Longitude
116.39078° or 116° 23′ 27″ east
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
8PFRW98R+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3884441391
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
6614239
Wiki­data ID
Q2047427
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Forbidden City” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պալատական թանգարան (Պեկին)”
  • Armenian: “Պալատական թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu del Palau”
  • Chinese: “北京故宫博物院”
  • Chinese: “北京故宫博物館”
  • Chinese: “國立北平故宮博物院”
  • Chinese: “故宫”
  • Chinese: “故宫博物院”
  • Chinese: “故宫博物馆”
  • Chinese: “故宫古物陈列所”
  • Chinese: “故宮博物院”
  • Chinese: “紫禁城”
  • Czech: “Palácové muzeum”
  • Dutch: “Paleismuseum”
  • Dutch: “Verboden Stad”
  • Esperanto: “Palaca Muzeo”
  • French: “Cité interdite”
  • French: “Musée du palais impérial”
  • French: “musée du Palais”
  • French: “Musée du palais”
  • Georgian: “ბეიჯინგის სასახლის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Gugong bowuyuan”
  • German: “Palastmuseum Peking”
  • German: “Palastmuseum”
  • German: “Verbotene Stadt”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο του Παλατιού”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הארמון”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Istana”
  • Irish: “Músaem an Pháláis”
  • Italian: “Museo del Palazzo di Pechino”
  • Japanese: “故宮博物院”
  • Korean: “고궁박물원”
  • Korean: “자금성(고궁박물원)”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј на царскиот дворец”
  • Manchu: “Dabkūri dorgi hoton”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Pałacowe”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Pałacu Cesarskiego w Pekinie”
  • Russian: “Дворец-музей «Гугун»”
  • Russian: “Дворцовый музей”
  • Russian: “Музей «Гугун»”
  • Russian: “Музей императорского дворца”
  • Slovenian: “Gugong bowuyuan”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej Pekinške palače”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Ciudad Prohibida”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Palacio”
  • Spanish: “Palace Museum”
  • Tatar: “Император сарае музее”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังต้องห้าม”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์พระราชวัง”
  • Ukrainian: “Гугун”
  • Ukrainian: “Колекція з палацу Ґуґун”
  • Urdu: “محل عجائب گھر”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Cố cung”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Cố Cung”
  • Western Panjabi: “محل عجائب گھر”
  • Wu Chinese: “故宫博物院”
  • Yue Chinese: “故宮博物院”

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