Wikipedista:Zirland/Peking
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Peking was the capital city of the last two dynasties (the Ming and Qing) in the history of China, it had an extensive fortification system, consisting of the Palace city, the Imperial city, the inner city and the outer city. Specifically including the many gate towers, gates, archways, watchtowers, barbicans, barbican towers, barbican gates, barbican archways, sluice gates, sluice gate towers, enemy sight towers, corner guard towers, and moat, it was the most extensive defense system in dynastical China.
After the collapse of the Qing in 1911, Peking's fortifications were dismantled one by one, the Palace city has remained largely intact; the Imperial city only has Tian'anmen remaining intact; the inner city with Zhengyangmen's gate tower and watchtower, Deshengmen's watchtower, the southeastern corner guard tower, and a section of the inner city wall near Chongwenmen remaining intact; and nothing of the outer city remaining intact, with Yongdingmen completely reconstructed in 2004.