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Michael A. Stecker
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Forbidden City,
Beijing
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty (1420) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911). It is located in the middle of Beijing, China and now houses the Palace Museum. For almost five centuries, it served as the home of the Emperor and seat of political power in China. Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square meters. |
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