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Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang — illustrated travel poster

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Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens an

CulturalInscribed 1987

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Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and ShenyangSeat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens an

The Story

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), constitutes a priceless testimony to Chinese civilization during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang consists of 114 buildings constru

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