Forbidden City
The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.Photo: Allentchang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Notable Places in the Area
Jingshan Park
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Jingshan Park is an imperial park covering 23 hectares immediately north of the Forbidden City in the Imperial City area of Beijing, China.
Imperial Ancestral Temple
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39°54′35.87″N 116°23′36.75″E / 39.9099639°N 116.3935417°E The Imperial Ancestral Temple…
Forbidden City
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The Palace Museum is a large national museum complex housed in the Forbidden City at the core of Beijing, China.
Localities in the Area
Central Dongcheng
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Dongcheng District is in Beijing. It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city.
Forbidden City
- Type: Museum
- Description: Chinese imperial palace in Beijing
- Categories: palace, tourist attraction, building complex and tourism
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.91659° or 39° 54' 60" northLongitude
116.39078° or 116° 23' 27" eastElevation
62 metres (203 feet)Open Location Code
8PFRW98R+J8GeoNames ID
8594680Wikidata ID
Q80290Forbidden City Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Verbode Stad
- Albanian: Qyteti i Ndaluar
- Arabic: Iglirikay nga dakonbungto
- Arabic: المدينة المحخورة
- Arabic: المدينة المحرمة
- Arabic: المدينة المحرّمة
- Arabic: المدينه المحرمه
- Arabic: مدينة محرمة
- Arabic: مدينة محرّمة
- Armenian: Արգելված քաղաք
- Asturian: Ciudá Prohibida
- Azerbaijani: Yasaq şəhər
- Basque: Hiri Debekatua
- Bavarian: Vabodane Stod
- Belarusian: Забаронены горад
- Bengali: নিষিদ্ধ নগরী
- Bosnian: Zabranjeni grad
- Breton: Keoded difennet
- Bulgarian: Забранен град
- Bulgarian: Забранения град
- Bulgarian: Забраненият град
- Burmese: တားမြစ်ထားသော မြို့တော်
- Catalan: Ciutat Prohibida
- Catalan: Museu del Palau de Beijing
- Chinese: Chí-kìm-siâⁿ
- Chinese: 北京宫城
- Chinese: 北京故宫
- Chinese: 北京故宮
- Chinese: 北京皇宫
- Chinese: 北京紫禁城
- Chinese: 北平故宮
- Chinese: 故宫
- Chinese: 故宫博物馆
- Chinese: 故宮
- Chinese: 明清故宫
- Chinese: 紫禁城
- Croatian: Zabranjeni grad
- Czech: Gu Gong
- Czech: Zakázané město
- Danish: Den Forbudte By
- Danish: Forbudte By
- Dutch: Verboden Stad
- English: Gugong
- English: Old Palace (Beijing)
- English: Zijin Cheng
- Esperanto: Imperiestra Palaco
- Esperanto: Malpermesita Urbo
- Estonian: Keelatud linn
- Finnish: Kielletty kaupunki
- French: Cite interdite
- French: Cité interdite
- Galician: Cidade Prohibida
- Gan Chinese: 紫禁城
- Georgian: აკრძალული სასახლე
- Georgian: აკრძალული ქალაქი
- Georgian: სასახლის მუზეუმი
- German: Gugong
- German: Pekinger Kaiserpalast
- German: Verbotene Stadt
- German: Verbotene Stadt Chinas
- Greek: Απαγορευμένη Πόλη
- Hausa: Haramtaccen Birni
- Hebrew: העיר האסורה
- Hindi: निषिद्ध नगर
- Hindi: निषिद्ध शहर
- Hindi: फॉरबिडन सिटी
- Hungarian: Tiltott Város
- Icelandic: Forboðna borgin
- Indonesian: Istana Kuno Dinasti Ming dan Qing
- Indonesian: Istana Terlarang
- Indonesian: Kota Terlarang
- Irish: An Chathair Thoirmiscthe
- Irish: Cathair Thoirmiscthe
- Italian: Città Proibita
- Japanese: 北京故宮
- Japanese: 故宮
- Japanese: 紫禁城
- Kabiyè: Tɛtʋ Kikizitu
- Kazakh: Тыйым салынған қала
- Korean: 고궁 박물원
- Korean: 고궁박물원
- Korean: 북경고궁
- Korean: 북경황궁
- Korean: 자금성
- Korean: 쯔진청
- Kurdish: Bajarê Qedexe
- Latin: Urbs Vetita
- Latvian: Aizliegtā pilsēta
- Latvian: Forbidden City
- Lithuanian: Uždraustasis miestas
- Macedonian: Забранетиот град
- Maithili: फरबिडन सिटी
- Malay: Kota Larangan
- Malayalam: വിലക്കപ്പെട്ട നഗരം
- Maltese: Belt Ipprojbita
- Maltese: Belt Projbita
- Marathi: प्रतिबंधित शहर
- Mazanderani: ممنوعه شهر
- Min Nan Chinese: Chí-kìm-siâⁿ
- Mingrelian: გუგუნი
- Mingrelian: გუგუნიშ დოხორე
- Mingrelian: ვარებული ნოღა
- Mingrelian: საიმპერატორე დოხორე
- Mongolian: Хориотой хот
- Narom: Ville enterdite
- Nepali: फरबिडन नगर
- Newari: फरबिडन नगर
- Norwegian: Den forbudte by
- Norwegian Bokmål: Beijings forbudte by
- Norwegian Bokmål: Beijings palassmuseum
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den forbudte by
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gugong
- Norwegian Bokmål: Palassmuseet i Beijing
- Occitan (post 1500): Ciutat Vedada
- Panjabi: ਫੋਰਬਿਡਨ ਸਿਟੀ
- Persian: شهر ممنوعه
- Polish: Zakazane Miasto
- Portuguese: Cidade Proibida
- Portuguese: Gugong
- Portuguese: Zijin Cheng
- Romanian: Oraşul interzis
- Romanian: Orașul Interzis
- Romanian: Orașul interzis
- Romanian: Palatul Imperial Chinez
- Romanian: Palatul Imperial Chinezesc
- Romanian: Palatul interzis
- Russian: Дворец Гугун
- Russian: Запретный город
- Russian: Императорский дворец
- Russian: Императорский дворец Гугун
- Scots: Forbidden Ceety
- Scots: Forbidden Ceity
- Serbian: Забрањени град
- Serbian: 紫禁城
- Serbo-Croatian: Zabranjeni grad
- Slovak: Zakázané mesto
- Slovenian: Prepovedano mesto
- South Azerbaijani: یاساق شهر
- Spanish: Ciudad Prohibida
- Spanish: Ciudad Purpura Prohibida
- Spanish: Ciudad Púrpura Prohibida
- Spanish: Gugong
- Swahili: Mji Haramu
- Swedish: Den förbjudna staden
- Swedish: Förbjudna staden
- Tagalog: Forbidden City
- Tagalog: Pinagbabawalang Lungsod
- Tamil: தடுக்கப்பட்ட நகர்
- Tamil: பர்பிட்டன் சிட்டி
- Tamil: பெய்ஜிங் அரண்மனை
- Tamil: பேரரண் நகரம்
- Telugu: ఫర్బిడెన్ సిటీ
- Thai: Forbidden City
- Thai: นครต้องห้าม
- Thai: พระราชวังต้องห้าม
- Thai: วังต้องห้าม
- Turkish: Yasak Şehir
- Uighur: چەكلەنگەن شەھەر
- Ukrainian: Заборонене місто
- Urdu: شہر ممنوع
- Urdu: شہر ممنوعہ
- Uzbek: Imperator saroyi
- Vietnamese: Cố Cung Bắc Kinh
- Vietnamese: Cố cung nhà Minh-nhà Thanh
- Vietnamese: Hoàng cung Bắc Kinh
- Vietnamese: Tử Cấm Thành
- Vietnamese: Tử Cấm Thành Bắc Kinh
- Waray (Philippines): Forbidden City
- Waray (Philippines): Forbidden Palace
- Waray (Philippines): Gindidiri nga syudad
- Waray (Philippines): Iglirikay nga dakonbungto
- Welsh: Y Ddinas Waharddedig
- Western Panjabi: شہر ممنوعہ
- Wu Chinese: 故宫
- Yue Chinese: 北京宮城
- Yue Chinese: 北京故宮
- Yue Chinese: 北京皇宮
- Yue Chinese: 北京紫禁城
- Yue Chinese: 北平故宮
- Yue Chinese: 故宮
- Yue Chinese: 明清故宮
- Yue Chinese: 紫禁城
- Zhuang: Gugungh
- Gugong Bowuguan
- Zijincheng
- Забранет Град
Other Places Named Forbidden City
In the Area
- 多福巷社区Village
- Jingshan SubdistrictSuburb
- 北京市人民政府旧址Locality
- ShichahaiNeighbourhood
- Xichang'anjieSuburb
- JiaodaokouSuburb
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Forbidden City. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.