Yongding Gate
The Yongdingmen or Yongding Gate ( Chinese 永定門 / 永定门 , Pinyin Yǒngdìng Mén ; Manchu : Enteheme toktoho duka ) is one of the vanished city gates of the outer city walls of Beijing , which was reconstructed after the turn of the millennium.
The original gate system was built in 1553 and demolished in 1957, according to another representation not until 1971, for traffic reasons. A largely true-to-original replica was built in 2005 as part of the urban beautification campaign in the Chinese capital for the 2008 Olympic Games, and a park was designed to the north of it.
literature
- Thomas J. Campanella: The Concrete Dragon. China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World , Princeton Architectural Press 2008
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Coordinates: 39 ° 52 ′ 15.5 " N , 116 ° 23 ′ 34.8" E