The Forbidden City is the No. 1 of top 10 Beijing must-to-see attractions. It is the most visited and popular sight for any Beijing tour, greatly recommended by BeijingHoliday.com tour guide.
Located at the exact center of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the world's largest palace complex, covering 720,000 square meters with 800 buildings and 9,000 rooms in total. It was the home to 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is recognized as one of the most attractive five palaces in the world (the
other four are: the palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in the UK, the White House in the US and the Kremlin in Russia). In 1987, the Forbidden City was nominated as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.Today, it has been a public museum, drawing the attention of millions of travelers around the world every day. You will marvel at its splendid architecture, the essence and culmination of Chinese architectural accomplishment.
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