Fortress
Jinxianmen Gate Tower
🇨🇳 China · 17th century
Jinxian Gate (simplified Chinese: 进贤门; traditional Chinese: 進賢門; pinyin: Jìnxián Mén; lit. 'enter wise gate'), or Jinxianmen Gate Tower (simplified Chinese: 进贤门城楼; traditional Chinese: 進賢門城樓), commonly known as the "Red Pavilion" (红亭), is a landmark building in Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, China. It is located on Huancheng Road, Rongcheng District. The gate, at 16.77 meters high and built of pure fir structure, is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.
Text adapted from “Jinxianmen Gate Tower” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jinxianmen Gate Tower ranks #7,542 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #91 of the 119 mapped in China. Founded 1621, it is older than 31% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Jinxianmen Gate Tower?
Jinxianmen Gate Tower stands in China, at 23.53502°, 116.35794°.
When was Jinxianmen Gate Tower built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1621. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Jinxianmen Gate Tower?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,542 of 8,134 worldwide, and #91 in China. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Jinxianmen Gate Tower?
Tai'an Lou, about 97 km away.
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