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
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is situated 430 metres northwest of Deshengmen Tower.

Museum
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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 China in 1981. is situated 540 metres southeast of Deshengmen Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beitaipingzhuang and Xinjiekou.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict located in Haidian District, , China. It borders to the northeast, to the east, and to the south, and to the west.

Suburb
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is a subdistrict of Xicheng District of , China. As of 2020, the subdistrict has a total population of 84,866. The subdistrict got its name from a section of road on the eastern portion of Xizhimennei Avenue, which used to be a river port but underwent land reclamation in 1438.

Suburb
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Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the northern portion of Xicheng District, , China. As of 2020, its total population was 75,447. The subdistrict was named after , a collection of three lakes within the subdistrict.

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.

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