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China
1. THE BIG WALL
The Great Wall in Jiankou, Beijing.
The Great Wall is composed of a series of
stone and earth fortifications built and
rebuilt between the fourth and sixth
centuries AD to protect the northern borders
of the Chinese Empire from the nomadic
peoples of the northern steppe. The latest
report estimates the length of the Great Wall
of the Ming Dynasty at 8852 km.
Your price is around two hundred and sixty
euros and vary depending on transportation
The Prohibited City
The Forbidden City (Imperial Palace or Palace
Museum), a World Heritage Site since 1987,
radiates a sense of grandeur and opulence,
an aura of pomp and majesty that has
continued over time. This secret city was
closed to the world for 500 years, although
today its 720,000 square meters of
courtyards, pavilions, large gardens, and its
nearly 10,000 rooms remain open to the
public and have become one of the most
well-known historical sites world.