Forbidden City

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The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of twenty-four Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors and was the center of political power in China from 1420 to 1924. The palace is now administered by the Palace Museum and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The Forbidden City is one of the most famous palaces in all of Chinese history and is the largest preserved royal palace complex still standing in the world. Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor was filmed inside the Forbidden City in 1987 (and was the first Western production to do so). The Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420 and was the imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor in 1420) to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1924. Serving as the home of Chinese emperors and their households, the Forbidden City was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government...

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