The city wall of Beijing was a fortification built around 1435. It was 23.5 km long. The thickness at ground level was 20m and the top 12m. The wall was 15m high, and it had nine gates. This wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965 it was removed to give way to 2nd Ring Road and the loop line subway of Beijing. Only in the southeast, just south of Beijing Railway Station, stands one part of the wall. Three gates of the city wall are also intact.

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  • The city wall of Beijing was a fortification built around 1435. It was 23.5 km long. The thickness at ground level was 20m and the top 12m. The wall was 15m high, and it had nine gates. This wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965 it was removed to give way to 2nd Ring Road and the loop line subway of Beijing. Only in the southeast, just south of Beijing Railway Station, stands one part of the wall. Three gates of the city wall are also intact. Beijing was the capital city of the last three dynasties as well as two northern dynasties in the history of China, as such, Beijing is often referred to as an "ancient capital of Five dynasties" (五朝古都). 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 sighting towers, corner guard towers and moat. It had the most extensive defense system in Imperial China. After the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, Beijing's fortifications were dismantled one by one, the Palace city has remained largely intact, becoming the Palace Museum; the Imperial city's fortifications has Tian'anmen and several sections of imperial city wall 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.
  • Die Stadtmauern von Peking waren bis um die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts eine der eindrucksvollsten erhaltenen Stadtbefestigungen der Welt. Sie wurden seither (bis 1978) weitgehend beseitigt und durch die 2. Ringstraße ersetzt. Der ursprüngliche Mauerkranz um die Altstadt wurde um 1435 erbaut. Da Peking die Hauptstadt der letzten drei Dynastien des chinesischen Kaiserreichs war, hatten die Befestigungsanlagen monumentalen Charakter. Die Mauer war an der Basis 20m breit, an der Mauerkrone 12m, ihre Höhe betrug 12 Meter. Es gab 9 Toranlagen, von denen noch drei erhalten sind: das Desheng-Tor, das (2004 rekonstruierte) Yongding-Tor und das Zhengyang-Tor.
  • Beijings gamle bymur var frem til midten av 1900-tallet en av verdens mest overveldende bevarte bymurer i verden. De ble deretter frem til 1978 for det meste fjernet for å gi plass til Annen ringvei. I virkeligheten er løpet til Annen ringvei rett utenfor der muren forløp, omtrent over dens vollgrav. Det ville derfor ha vært mulig med endel anleggsmessige anstrengelser å bevare i alle fall det meste av muren. Den opprinnelige bymuren ble bygget rundt 1435 under Ming-dynastiet. De fikk en monumental karakter. Muren hadde gjennomgående en basis på 20 meter bredde som mot toppen smalnet tiinn til 12 meter, høyden var på 12 meter. Det fantes ni portanlegg, hvorav tre fremdeles er bevarte: Desheng-porten, Yongding-porten (rekonstruert i 2004) og Zhengyang-porten. Allerede i 1900 ble deler av bymuren skadet eller ødelagt av opprørere eller særlig av utenlandske styrker under bokseropprøret. Men da befant muren seg alt i en generelt dårlig tilstand. Mellom 1911 og 1949 ble den så åpnet en del steder for å gi plass til veier og jernbaner. Under de første årene av det kommunistiske styret kom det til relativt åpne debatter om bevaring eller rivning. Den internasjonalt kjente kinesiske arkitekturhistoriker og byplanlegger Liang Sicheng (1901-1972) gikk inn for bevaring. Men mot slutten av bevegelsen La de hundre blomster blomstre ble diktaturtilstandene skjerpet og debatten stilnet; myndighetene bestemte seg så for nedriving i store stykker for å muliggjøre byggingen av Beijings undergrunnsbane og Annen ringvei. I 1979 ble nedrivingene stanset, men da var det ikke meget igjen. De best bevarte delene er lite stykke sørøst i byen, sør for hovedjernbanestasjonen.
  • 北京城池是中国历史上最后两代王朝明和清的都城——京师顺天府的城防建筑的总称,由宫城、皇城、内城、外城组成,包括城墙、城门、瓮城、角楼、敌台、护城河等多道设施,曾经是中国存世最完整的古代城市防御体系。 清朝灭亡后,北京城池逐渐被拆毁,除宫城保留较好外,现皇城城门只有天安门被保留,内城仅存正阳门、德胜门箭楼、东南角楼以及崇文门一段残余城墙,在西便门桥处也有一段城墙遗址:39°53′55″N 116°21′04″E / 39.898728, 116.351025;外城则完全被毁,只有永定门被重建。
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  • The city wall of Beijing was a fortification built around 1435. It was 23.5 km long. The thickness at ground level was 20m and the top 12m. The wall was 15m high, and it had nine gates. This wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965 it was removed to give way to 2nd Ring Road and the loop line subway of Beijing. Only in the southeast, just south of Beijing Railway Station, stands one part of the wall. Three gates of the city wall are also intact.
  • Die Stadtmauern von Peking waren bis um die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts eine der eindrucksvollsten erhaltenen Stadtbefestigungen der Welt. Sie wurden seither (bis 1978) weitgehend beseitigt und durch die 2. Ringstraße ersetzt. Der ursprüngliche Mauerkranz um die Altstadt wurde um 1435 erbaut. Da Peking die Hauptstadt der letzten drei Dynastien des chinesischen Kaiserreichs war, hatten die Befestigungsanlagen monumentalen Charakter.
  • Beijings gamle bymur var frem til midten av 1900-tallet en av verdens mest overveldende bevarte bymurer i verden. De ble deretter frem til 1978 for det meste fjernet for å gi plass til Annen ringvei. I virkeligheten er løpet til Annen ringvei rett utenfor der muren forløp, omtrent over dens vollgrav. Det ville derfor ha vært mulig med endel anleggsmessige anstrengelser å bevare i alle fall det meste av muren. Den opprinnelige bymuren ble bygget rundt 1435 under Ming-dynastiet.
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