Buildings and Structures
The Forbidden City
Also Known As Palace Museum, Gugong
Palace Complex
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The imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Beijing, completed in 1420 under the Yongle emperor: nearly a thousand timber buildings on a walled, moated, strictly axial plan expressing the cosmic order of imperial rule. It is the largest surviving palace complex in the world and the supreme monument of Chinese timber architecture.
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Building Type Completed Year Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Site
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.In Style: Ancient Chinese ArchitectureView the Source Chinese Architecture (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationUses Element: Dougong, Architectural types, Imperial sectionQuote, Uses Element: Dougong, Architectural types, Imperial section
The roofs are almost invariably supported by brackets (dougong), a feature shared only with the largest of religious buildings.
Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
Banister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996Uses Element: Post-and-Lintel Construction
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