Marco Polo Bridge
The Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge is a stone bridge located 15 km southwest of Beijing's city center in the Fengtai District. It bridges the Yongding River, a major tributary of Hai River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in China
- Also known as: “Lugou Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wanping Fortress and Wanpingcheng.
Wanping Fortress
Wanping Fortress, also known as Wanping Castle, is a Ming Dynasty fortress or "walled city" in Fengtai District, Beijing. It was erected in 1638–1640, with the purpose of defending Beijing against Li Zicheng and the peasant uprising. Wanping Fortress is situated 620 metres east of Marco Polo Bridge.
Wanpingcheng
Metro station
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Wanpingcheng station is a station and the southern terminus on Line 16 of the Beijing Subway. It opened on December 30, 2023. Wanpingcheng is situated 1 km east of Marco Polo Bridge.
Garden Expo Park
Metro station
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Garden Expo Park station is a station on Line 14 of the Beijing Subway. It opened on May 5, 2013. Garden Expo Park is situated 2 km northwest of Marco Polo Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beigong and Fengtai.
Beigong
Town
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Beigong Town, formerly Changxindian Town, is a town within the Fengtai District of Beijing, China. It borders Yongding Township and Gucheng Subdistrict to the north, Lugu and Wanping Subdistricts to the east, Changyang Town to the south, Yungang Subdistrict and Wangzuo Town to the west, and contains Changxindian Subdistrict within it.
Fengtai
Fengtai District is a district of the city of Beijing. It lies mostly to the southwest of the city center, extending into the city's southwestern suburbs beyond the Sixth Ring Road, but also to the south and, to a smaller extent, the southeast, where it has borders with Chaoyang and Dongcheng.
Babaoshan
Suburb
Babaoshan Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southeast corner of Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It borders Laoshan Subdistrict to the north, Wangshoulu Subdistrict to the east, Liuliqiao Subdistrict and Lugouqiao Subdistrict to the south, and Lugu Subdistrict to the west. Babaoshan is situated 6 km north of Marco Polo Bridge.
Marco Polo Bridge
- Categories: stone arch bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Marco Polo Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Marco Polo Bridge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Pont de Lugu”
- Catalan: “pont de Marco Polo”
- Chinese: “卢沟桥”
- Chinese: “盧溝橋”
- Chinese: “芦沟桥”
- Chinese: “蘆溝橋”
- Czech: “Most Marca Pola”
- Danish: “Lugou Qiao”
- Danish: “Marco Polo Broen”
- Dutch: “Marco Polo Bridge”
- Dutch: “Marco Polobrug”
- Esperanto: “Lugou Ponto”
- French: “pont de Lugou”
- French: “pont Marco Polo”
- French: “pont Marco-Polo”
- French: “Pont Marco-Polo”
- German: “Lugou Qiao”
- German: “Lugou-Brücke”
- German: “Lugouqiao”
- German: “Luguo Qiao”
- German: “Marco-Polo-Brücke”
- German: “蘆溝橋”
- Greek: “Γέφυρα Μάρκο Πόλο”
- Indonesian: “Jembagan Lugou”
- Indonesian: “Jembatan Lugou”
- Indonesian: “Jembatan Marco Polo”
- Italian: “Ponte di Marco Polo”
- Japanese: “盧溝橋”
- Korean: “노구교”
- Korean: “루거우차오”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lugou Qiao”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marco Polo-broen”
- Norwegian: “Lugou Qiao”
- Persian: “پل مارکو پولو”
- Polish: “Most Marco Polo”
- Portuguese: “Ponte de Marco Polo”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Lugou”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Marco Polo”
- Romanian: “Podul Marco-Polo”
- Russian: “Лугоуцяо”
- Russian: “Мост Лугоу”
- Russian: “Мост Марко Поло”
- Spanish: “Puente de Lugu”
- Spanish: “puente de Marco Polo”
- Spanish: “Puente de Marco Polo”
- Swedish: “Lugoubron”
- Swedish: “Marco Polo-bron”
- Thai: “สะพานมาร์โก โปโล”
- Turkish: “Marco Polo Köprüsü”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Марко Поло”
- Urdu: “مارکو پولو پل”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Lư Câu”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Marco Polo”
- Vietnamese: “Lư Câu kiều”
- Wu Chinese: “盧溝橋”
- Yue Chinese: “盧溝橋”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lugouqiaocun and Changxindian.
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