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Ming Palace Ruins 明故宫遗址Míng Gùgōng Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanjing
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Ming Palace Ruins
The ruins of the early Ming imperial palace, the model for Beijing's Forbidden City, which decayed after the court moved to Beijing in the 1420s and was later cut in two by an airfield and by Zhongshan East Road in the 1920s. South of the road, Wumen Park keeps the stone base of the Meridian Gate with its five archways, the inner Five Dragon Bridges and the site of the Fengtian Gate; north of it, the Ming Palace Ruins Park shows the bases and stone column plinths of the three great halls. The Donghua Gate and Xi'an Gate survive as separate gate ruins nearby.
How to get to Ming Palace Ruins
Along Yudao Street at Zhongshan East Road, about 3 km east of Xinjiekou; Minggugong station on Metro Lines 2 and 6 is between the two parks.
Nearby
- Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带 under 10 km
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai - Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区 under 10 km
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb - City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙 under 10 km
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
Also within 20 km: Nanjing Museum 南京博物院 (under 10 km), Meiyuan Xincun Memorial Hall 梅园新村纪念馆 (under 10 km), Liji Lane Comfort Station Exhibition Hall 利济巷慰安所旧址陈列馆 (under 10 km), Presidential Palace, Nanjing 南京总统府 (under 10 km), Nanjing Great Hall of the People 南京人民大会堂 (under 10 km), Jinling Scriptural Press 金陵刻经处 (under 10 km).
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