Beijing city wall

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city wall defensive structure fortification system

The Beijing city wall was a vast system of defensive fortifications that historically enclosed and protected the old city of Beijing, featuring massive gates, watchtowers, and brick ramparts.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Beijing city wall canonical	7
Beijing city defenses	2
Beijing Inner City wall	1
Beijing city defense system (historical)	1
Beijing city fortifications	1
Beijing city wall former gate system	1
Beijing city wall system	1
Beijing inner city gates	1
Ming dynasty city wall of Beijing	1
city walls of Beijing	1
former Beijing city wall system	1
old city wall area of Beijing	1
outer city wall of Beijing	1
the old city wall of Beijing	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city wall ⓘ defensive structure ⓘ fortification system ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Chinese city wall architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Ming dynasty capital planning of Beijing ⓘ Qing dynasty imperial capital ⓘ
category	City walls in China ⓘ History of Beijing ⓘ
constructionTechnique	rammed earth core with brick facing ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
demolishedFor	construction of 2nd Ring Road in Beijing ⓘ construction of Beijing subway Line 2 ⓘ
hasFeature	arrow towers ⓘ battlements ⓘ gate towers ⓘ moat ⓘ parapets ⓘ ramparts ⓘ
hasFunction	administrative boundary ⓘ symbolic boundary of the capital ⓘ
hasPart	brick ramparts ⓘ city gates of Beijing ⓘ watchtowers ⓘ
hasRemnant	Beijing Deshengmen Arrow Tower ⓘ surface form: Deshengmen arrow tower Dongbianmen watchtower ⓘ Zhengyangmen gate tower ⓘ surface form: Zhengyangmen arrow tower Zhengyangmen gate tower ⓘ sections of the Ming city wall near Chongwenmen ⓘ
heritageStatus	partly preserved as cultural relics ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Ming dynasty ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ
locatedIn	Beijing ⓘ Historic Centre of Beijing ⓘ surface form: Old City of Beijing
locatedInTimeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ rammed earth ⓘ stone ⓘ
partlyReplacedBy	2nd Ring Road (Beijing) ⓘ surface form: Beijing 2nd Ring Road Line 2 (Beijing Subway) ⓘ surface form: Beijing Subway Line 2
partOf	Beijing city wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Beijing city fortifications
significantEvent	demolition in 20th century ⓘ
surrounded	Historic Centre of Beijing ⓘ surface form: Inner City of Beijing Beijing Nanyuan area ⓘ surface form: Outer City of Beijing
usedFor	city protection ⓘ control of access ⓘ defense ⓘ military defense ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Zhengyangmen (Qianmen Gate) → partOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

subject surface form: Zhengyangmen

Yongle Emperor → constructed → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: city walls of Beijing

Ming City Wall Relics Park → preserves → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ming dynasty city wall of Beijing

Beijing Ancient Observatory → locatedOn → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: the old city wall of Beijing

Andingmen → partOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing city wall former gate system

Andingmen → partOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

subject surface form: Andingmen city gate

Chongwenmen → formerlyPartOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

Yongdingmen → partOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

Wanping Fortress → partOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing city defense system (historical)

Fuchengmen → partOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

Fuchengmen → cityWallSection → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing Inner City wall

Xizhimen Gate site → associatedWith → Beijing city wall ⓘ

Xizhimen Gate site → relatedTo → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing city defenses

Dianmen Gate site → associatedWith → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing city wall system

Dianmen Gate site → associatedWith → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing inner city gates

2nd Ring Road (Beijing) → surrounds → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: old city wall area of Beijing

Deshengmen Gate site → associatedWith → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing city defenses

Beijing city wall → partOf → Beijing city wall self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Beijing city fortifications

Dongzhimen Gate site → wasPartOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: outer city wall of Beijing

Dongzhimen Gate site → associatedWith → Beijing city wall ⓘ

Zhengyangmen → partOf → Beijing city wall ⓘ

this entity surface form: former Beijing city wall system