Friday, September 19, 2008

IMPERIAL PALACE, CHINA

Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China

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Detail from Forbidden City

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries, the Forbidden City, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), constitutes a priceless testimony to Chinese civilization during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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