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The most famous monuments of the city are The Great Wall and Forbidden City, both declared World Heritage by Unesco, and belonging to the ancient "Seven Wonders of the World" became popular in the mid-twentieth century, and who devote their own space. The Marco Polo Bridge known worldwide for Marco Polo's trip to China in the thirteenth century, was the place where he started the Second World War in Asia. A must visit is The Cave of Peking Man, reservoir archaeological, home of the missing link, oddly enough, the villagers sold teeth found in the Cave as if they were a dragon. The White Pagoda is a temple for almost 700 years old and is the largest Tibetan Pagoda China, with its 51 m. high and 30 meters in diameter at the base.
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sight Imperial Palace Gugong
Enter the Forbidden City, and feel like an emperor for a single day. In Shenyang, it has been inscribed as an extension of the Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties site inscribed in 1987. The...
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sight Summer Palace Yihe Yuan
A public park and UNESCO world heritage sight. The Summer Palace is a relaxing place to visit. There is so much to see, if you like architecutre you could spend all day there.
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sight Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Eye-pleasing architecture. The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 – is a masterpiece of Chinese landsc...
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sight Tiantan (Temple of Heaven)
The most important imperial sacrificial altar -- once a guarantee of heavenly harmony. The most important of all imperial altars -- sometimes called the Temple of Heaven, not quite accurately -- is an e...
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museum / gallery Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall
Get a glimpse of the Beijing of tomorrow. The city planning museum: what makes it so special is that it gives visitors both a look back at Beijing’s past and a look forward, toward its future developmen...
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sight Wangfujing
A stroll through Beijing's modern shopping district is a must. »Large Fountain Street on the royal residence" means the full name of Beijing's main shopping street - Wangfujing Dajie - but everyone just...
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