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.
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.
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