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WORLD LANDMARKS · 1420

Forbidden City, Beijing, China

Completed in 1420, the palace was home to 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Today it is the Palace Museum.

Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The story, as a puzzle

Behind the vermilion walls.
For almost 500 years, Ming and Qing emperors ruled from this walled palace complex, and the abdication of the last emperor in 1912 ended imperial rule. Pin it.

Where it is

Forbidden City, Beijing, China · 39.9158, 116.3908

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre ↗

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