Imperial City

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Imperial City was the inner, walled palace and administrative core of the Yuan dynasty capital Dadu (present-day Beijing), housing the emperor’s residence and central government institutions.

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Label Occurrences
Imperial City canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative center
palace complex
walled city
associatedWith Kublai Khan’s founding of Dadu
capitalOf Yuan China NERFINISHED
Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED
contained imperial audience halls
offices of central secretariat
private imperial quarters
country Yuan dynasty NERFINISHED
designedAs orthogonal palace-city layout
era 13th–14th century
followedBy Ming dynasty Imperial City of Beijing NERFINISHED
function administrative core
central government seat
emperor’s residence
imperial palace
governedBy Yuan central government NERFINISHED
hasPart ceremonial halls
government offices
imperial palace buildings
residential quarters
walled enclosures
heritageStatus archaeological site
influenced layout of later Beijing imperial precincts
languageOfOfficialUse Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
Mongolian
locatedIn present-day Beijing
locatedInTime Yuan dynasty period NERFINISHED
modernEquivalent area around Beijing’s Forbidden City and surrounding imperial precincts
partOf Dadu NERFINISHED
Yuan dynasty capital
precededBy Jin dynasty Zhongdu palace area NERFINISHED
presentLocation central Beijing urban area
relatedTo Dadu city walls NERFINISHED
Forbidden City NERFINISHED
security restricted access zone
significance political center of Yuan empire
symbol of imperial authority
surroundedBy city walls
urbanRole inner core of capital
seat of imperial bureaucracy
usedBy Yuan emperors NERFINISHED
usedFor imperial ceremonies
imperial residence
state administration

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Dadu hasPart Imperial City
Petrópolis alternativeName Imperial City