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Deshengmen Tower

Deshengmen is a city gate that was once part of 's northern . It is one of Beijing's few preserved city gates and now stands as a landmark on the northern 2nd Ring Road.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: city gate in Beijing
  • Also known as: “Deshengmen” and “Deshengmen Watchtower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fayuan Mosque and Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University.

Mosque
The , also known as Dewai Mosque or Dewai Guanxiang Mosque, is a in Xicheng District, , . is situated 270 metres north of Deshengmen Tower.

Hospital
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 430 metres northwest of Deshengmen Tower.

Museum
Photo: 用心阁, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a museum in the Shichahai area of , , and once was the last residence of Soong Ching-ling, the wife of Sun Yat-sen and later Vice-President and Honorary President of the People's Republic of China in 1981. is situated 550 metres southeast of Deshengmen Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anzhen and Gulou.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the northwest portion of Chaoyang District, , . As of 2020, it has a total population of 57,016. The subdistrict got its name from Anzhenmen, a former city gate of Khanbaliq. is situated 2½ km northeast of Deshengmen Tower.

Photo: fangchen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Photo: Rewindat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
are areas in Dongcheng District in , . They form the northernmost part of Dongcheng, northeast of the Forbidden City. Dongzhimen is one of Beijing's major commercial precincts.

Deshengmen Tower

Latitude
39.94831° or 39° 56′ 54″ north
Longitude
116.37332° or 116° 22′ 24″ east
Open location code
8PFRW9XF+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26514845
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1200624
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Deshengmen Tower” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “德勝門”
  • Chinese: “德胜门”
  • Chinese: “德胜门箭楼”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديشنجمين”
  • Esperanto: “Deŝengmen”
  • French: “Deshengmen”
  • French: “Tour de la porte Desheng”
  • German: “Desheng-Tor”
  • German: “Deshengmen”
  • Indonesian: “Deshengmen”
  • Italian: “Deshengmen”
  • Japanese: “徳勝門”
  • Japanese: “德勝門”
  • Manchu: “ᡝᡵᡩᡝᠮᡠᡳ ᡝᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deshengmen”
  • Norwegian: “Deshengmen”
  • Polish: “Deshengmen”
  • Russian: “Дэшэнмэнь”
  • Spanish: “Torre de la Campana”
  • Swedish: “Deshengmen”
  • Thai: “ประตูเต๋อเชิ่ง”
  • Thai: “ประตูเต๋อเซิง”
  • Ukrainian: “Дешенмень”
  • Urdu: “دیشینگمین”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 德胜门 and 北京古代钱币博物馆.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as 德胜门 and 德胜门.

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