Reading Tower
Reading Tower is a building in Beijing, North China. Reading Tower is situated nearby to the theater building Hall for Viewing Opera, as well as near the city gate Nutrient gate.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forbidden City and Palace of Tranquile Longevity.
Forbidden City
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, 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 of Tranquile Longevity
Palace
Photo: Stratos Malasiotis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palace of Tranquil Longevity, literally, "peaceful old age palace", also called the Qianlong Garden, Qianlong Palace, Qianlong District or the Palace of Tranquility and Longevity, is a palace in Beijing, China, located in the northeast corner of the Inner Court of the Forbidden City.
Forbidden City
Museum
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The Palace Museum, also known as the Beijing Palace Museum, is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China. Forbidden City is situated 400 metres southwest of Reading Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donghuamen and Jingshan Subdistrict.
Donghuamen
Suburb
Photo: Ekaterina Kvelidze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Donghuamen Subdistrict is a subdistrict at the center of Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. Tiananmen Square is located within this subdistrict. As of 2020, it has a total population of 38,090.
Jingshan Subdistrict
Suburb
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Jingshan Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. It contains 8 communities. The subdistrict has a total area of 1.64 square kilometers, and as of 2020, it has a population of 25,374.
Central Dongcheng
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Dongcheng District is in Beijing. 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.
Reading Tower
- Type: Building
- Category: historic site
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.91952° or 39° 55′ 10″ northLongitude
116.39455° or 116° 23′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8PFRW99V+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 40628834OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Reading Tower” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阅是楼”
- Vietnamese: “Duyệt Thị Lâu”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hall for Viewing Opera and Nutrient gate.
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