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Tianning Temple Pagoda 天宁寺塔Tiānníng Sì Tǎ
National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 15 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tianning Temple Pagoda
A square, multi-eaved brick pagoda about 12 m tall, dated by its inscribed bricks to the 860s, which is the only part of Tianning Temple (founded in 851) still standing. It is the oldest Tang brick pagoda in Zhejiang, kept in a small green on Zhongshan West Road after a proposal to remove it when the road was widened in 1995 was dropped.
How to get to Tianning Temple Pagoda
On Zhongshan West Road in central Ningbo, about 5 minutes' walk from Ximenkou station on Metro Line 1.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Yongfeng Warehouse Site 永丰库遗址 (under 10 km), Tianyi Ge and Moon Lake 天一阁·月湖 (under 10 km), Lin Residence, Zijin Street 林宅 (under 10 km), Ningbo Banking Guild Hall 钱业会馆 (under 10 km), Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ningbo 江北天主教堂 (under 10 km), Old Bund, Ningbo 老外滩 (under 10 km).
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