Beijing Ancient Observatory

The Beijing Ancient Observatory is a pretelescopic located in , . The observatory was built in 1442 during the Ming dynasty, and expanded during the Qing.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 50 metres (164 feet)
  • …is also known as “Beijing Guguanxiangtai”
  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Description: observatory

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chinese Customs Museum and Beijing Railway Station.
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is situated 130 metres west of Beijing Ancient Observatory.
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is a passenger railway station in Dongcheng District, . is situated 1 km southwest of Beijing Ancient Observatory.
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Station is an interchange station on Line… is situated 130 metres northeast of Beijing Ancient Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jianguomen and Donghuashi.
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict in the southeast part of Dongcheng, , China.
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict in eastern portion of Dongcheng District, , China.

Beijing Ancient Observatory

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Latitude
39.90618° or 39° 54′ 22″ north
Longitude
116.42835° or 116° 25′ 42″ east
Open location code
8PFRWC4H+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 269693885
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8384987
Wiki­data ID
Q439299

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Beijing Ancient Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Antic Observatori de Pequín”
  • Chinese: “中央觀象台”
  • Chinese: “中央观象台”
  • Chinese: “北京古觀象台”
  • Chinese: “北京古觀象臺”
  • Chinese: “北京古观象台”
  • Chinese: “古觀象台”
  • Chinese: “古观象台”
  • Czech: “Stará pekingská observatoř”
  • Dutch: “Het oude observatorium te Bejing”
  • Dutch: “Oude observatorium te Beijing”
  • Dutch: “Oude observatorium te Bejing”
  • Dutch: “Oude observatorium te Peking”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد بكين القديم”
  • Esperanto: “Antikva Observatorio de Pekino”
  • Esperanto: “La Antikva Observatorio de Pekino”
  • French: “Observatoire antique de Pekin”
  • French: “Observatoire antique de pékin”
  • French: “Observatoire antique de Pékin”
  • German: “Altes Observatorium von Peking”
  • German: “Beijing gu guanxiangtai”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Kuno Beijing”
  • Italian: “osservatorio imperiale di Pechino”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio imperiale di Pechino”
  • Japanese: “北京古視象台”
  • Japanese: “北京古観象台”
  • Japanese: “古観象台”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beijings gamle observatorium”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det gamle observatorium i Beijing”
  • Norwegian: “Det gamle observatorium i Beijing”
  • Polish: “Cesarskie Obserwatorium Astronomiczne w Pekinie”
  • Polish: “Cesarskie Obserwatorium Astronomiczne”
  • Romanian: “Observtorul Antic din Beijing”
  • Romanian: “Observtorul Imperial din Beijing”
  • Russian: “Старая пекинская обсерватория”
  • Slovenian: “Antični observatorij Peking”
  • Swedish: “Pekings antika observatorium”
  • Turkish: “Pekin Antik Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара пекінська обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “بیجنگ قدیم رصد گاہ”

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