5 June 2023 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions
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Tiananmen Square or Tian’anmen Square is a
city square in the
city center of
Beijing,
China, named after the eponymous
Tiananmen (“Gate of Heavenly Peace”) located to its north, which separates it from the
Forbidden City. The square contains the
Monument to the People’s Heroes, the
Great Hall of the People, the
National Museum of China, and the
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong.
Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China in the square on 1 October 1949; the anniversary of this event is still observed there. The size of Tiananmen Square is 765 x 282 meters (215,730 m² or 53.31 acres). It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several
important events in Chinese history.
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