Marco Polo Bridge

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historic site stone bridge tourist attraction

Marco Polo Bridge is a historic stone bridge near Beijing, China, renowned both for its distinctive carved stone lions and as the site of the 1937 clash that marked the start of full-scale war between China and Japan.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Marco Polo Bridge canonical 11
Lugou Bridge 2
Lukou Bridge 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
stone bridge ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
constructionMaterial stone ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crosses Hai River ⓘ
surface form: Yongding River
famousFor Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ
distinctive carved stone lions ⓘ
governingBody Beijing municipal cultural heritage authorities ⓘ
surface form: Beijing municipal authorities
hasAlternativeName Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Lugou Bridge

Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Lukou Bridge
hasApproximateNumberOfStoneLions over 200 ⓘ
hasFeature carved stone lions ⓘ
granite balustrades ⓘ
segmental arches ⓘ
hasInscription stone stele with calligraphy by Qianlong Emperor ⓘ
hasNearbyMuseum Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ⓘ
hasStructuralType multi-span arch bridge ⓘ
hasViewOf Hai River ⓘ
surface form: Yongding River floodplain
heritageDesignation Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1961 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
historicalSignificance marked start of full-scale war between China and Japan in 1937 ⓘ
length approximately 266.5 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Beijing ⓘ
surface form: Beijing Municipality

Fengtai District ⓘ
North China ⓘ
locatedNear Beijing ⓘ
mentionedBy Marco Polo ⓘ
mentionedIn The Travels of Marco Polo ⓘ
namedAfter Marco Polo ⓘ
nearbySettlement Fengtai District ⓘ
surface form: Lugouqiao Subdistrict
numberOfArches 11 ⓘ
originalBuilder Jin dynasty ⓘ
originalConstructionEndDate 1192 ⓘ
originalConstructionStartDate 1189 ⓘ
partOf Lugouqiao cultural heritage area ⓘ
significantEvent Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ
significantEventDate 1937-07-07 ⓘ
significantEventRole site of clash between Chinese and Japanese troops ⓘ
touristActivity historical education ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
underwentReconstruction Ming dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ
usedFor light vehicular traffic ⓘ
pedestrian traffic ⓘ
width approximately 9.3 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marco Polo Bridge Incident → place → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Marco Polo Bridge Incident → place → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lugou Bridge
Marco Polo Bridge Incident → namedAfter → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Marco Polo Bridge → hasAlternativeName → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lugou Bridge
Marco Polo Bridge → hasAlternativeName → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lukou Bridge
Fengtai District → contains → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression → locatedNear → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Lugouqiao cultural heritage area → centeredOn → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Lugouqiao cultural heritage area → contains → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Lugouqiao cultural heritage area → notableFor → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Wanping Fortress → locatedNear → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Wanping Fortress → nearTransport → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marco Polo Bridge railway line
Wanping Fortress → nearLandmark → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Lugou Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ
Beijing Garden Expo Park → locatedNear → Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ