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Ming Zhongdu Imperial City 明中都Míng Zhōngdū
National heritage site · Chuzhou, Anhui
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chuzhou
- Region
- Anhui
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Ming Zhongdu Imperial City
The remains of the 'Central Capital' that Zhu Yuanzhang began building at his birthplace in Fengyang in 1369 and abandoned in 1375; its planning served as the model for the later palaces of Nanjing and Beijing. Much was pulled down for bricks and farmland between 1950 and 1975, and what survives is part of the imperial-city wall with its gates, among them the Wu (Noon) Gate, and the base of the drum tower; most other structures are reconstructions from the 1990s onwards.
How to get to Ming Zhongdu Imperial City
In the west of Fengyang town, a short taxi ride from the centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Ming Imperial Mausoleum (Huangling), Fengyang 明皇陵 (under 10 km), Longzi Lake 龙子湖 (10 km), Bengbu Museum 蚌埠市博物馆 (20 km), Old Bengbu Huai River Railway Bridge 蚌埠淮河铁路老桥 (20 km), Zhanggong Mountain Park 张公山公园 (20 km).
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