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Historic Centre of Beijing

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cultural heritage site historic urban area

The Historic Centre of Beijing is the ancient urban core of China’s capital city, encompassing its most significant imperial, cultural, and architectural landmarks.

Aliases (5)

Imperial City of Beijing ×3
Beijing city center ×2
Inner City of Beijing ×2
Historic Centre of Beijing’s imperial sites ×1
old imperial city of Beijing ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage site → historic urban area →
characterizedBy	north–south central axis → orthogonal street grid → traditional courtyard architecture →
contains	central axis of Beijing →
country	China →
eraOfMainDevelopment	Ming dynasty → Qing dynasty →
hasPart	Altar of the Earth (Ditan Park) → Altar of the Moon (Yuetan Park) → Altar of the Sun (Ritan Park) → Andingmen Gate site → Beihai Park → Bell Tower of Beijing → Confucius Temple and Imperial College area → Dashilar → Deshengmen Gate site → Dianmen Gate site → Dongzhimen Gate site → Drum Tower of Beijing → Forbidden City → Hutong neighborhoods → Imperial Ancestral Temple → Imperial City of Beijing → Inner City of Beijing → Jingshan Park → Lama Temple area (Yonghegong) → Liulichang → Ming City Wall Ruins Park → Nanluoguxiang → Outer City of Beijing → Prince Gong Mansion → Qianmen Street → Shichahai → Siheyuan courtyard houses → Temple of Heaven → Tiananmen Gate → Tiananmen Square → Wangfujing → Xizhimen Gate site → Yongdingmen Gate site → Zhengyangmen (Qianmen) Gate → Zhongnanhai →
heritageValue	outstanding example of Chinese imperial urban planning →
locatedIn	Beijing → Beijing Municipality →
significance	architectural heritage concentration → cultural center of Beijing → imperial political center of China →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Forbidden City → Jingshan Park ("old imperial city of Beijing") → Temple of Heaven ("Historic Centre of Beijing’s imperial sites") → Tiananmen Gate ("Imperial City of Beijing") → Zhengyangmen ("Inner City of Beijing") →	partOf
Historic Centre of Beijing ("Imperial City of Beijing") → Historic Centre of Beijing ("Inner City of Beijing") →	hasPart
Zhongnanhai ("Imperial City of Beijing") →	adjacentTo
Suburban Line (Beijing) ("Beijing city center") →	connects
Line 2 (Beijing Subway) ("Beijing city center") →	encircles