People’s Liberation Monument

Jiefangbei, originally known as the War Victory Monument, is located in the heart of the central business district of in Yuzhong District, , China, at the intersection of Minzu Road, Minquan Road and Zourong Road, and is a landmark of Chongqing.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: monument in Yuzhong, Chongqing
  • Also known as: “Anti-Japanese War Victory Monument”, “Chongqing People’s Liberation Monument”, “Liberation Monument in Chongqing”, “Monument to the Victory against the Japanese - People’s Liberation Monument”, “抗战胜利纪功碑”, “精神堡垒”, and “重庆人民解放纪念碑”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hong Ya Dong and Chongqing World Financial Center.

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Hongya Cave, also known as Hongya Dong is an 11-story stilt-building complex in the main commercial district of Jiefangbei in the city of , . is situated 580 metres north of People’s Liberation Monument.

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The , also known as Global Financial Building is a late-modernist supertall skyscraper in , . The 339-meter -tall office tower contains 72 floors. is situated 220 metres north of People’s Liberation Monument.

Monorail station
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is a station on Line 2 of Chongqing Rail Transit in Municipality, . It is located in Yuzhong District. It was opened in 2004. is situated 240 metres northwest of People’s Liberation Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jiefangbei and Chongqing.

Quarter
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Central Business District, also known as Business Walking Street, is the ultra-dense, urbanized downtown core and one of several central business districts of , China.

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is fast becoming the most economically important city in the interior West , with an urban population of around 8.8 million. In addition to the central urban area, also includes some 80,000 km² of the neighboring countryside and smaller towns, with approximately 30 million people altogether.

Locality
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is a locality.

People’s Liberation Monument

Latitude
29.5601° or 29° 33′ 36″ north
Longitude
106.57336° or 106° 34′ 24″ east
Inception
October 10th, 1947
Height
28 metres (90 feet)
Open location code
7PX8HH6F+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 589752618
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q6683399
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“People’s Liberation Monument” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “抗战胜利纪功碑暨人民解放纪念碑”
  • Chinese: “解放碑”
  • Chinese: “重庆解放碑”
  • French: “Monument de la libération de Chongqing”
  • Japanese: “抗戦勝利紀功碑暨人民解放記念碑”
  • Japanese: “解放碑”
  • Wu Chinese: “重庆解放碑”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chongqing Mall and Chongqing Time Square.

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