Fortress
Juyongguan
🇨🇳 China · 14th century
Juyong Pass (Chinese: 居庸关; pinyin: Jūyōng guān) is a mountain pass located in the Changping District of Beijing Municipality, over 50 kilometers (31 mi) from central Beijing. The Great Wall of China passes through, and the Cloud Platform was built here in the year 1342.
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Juyongguan ranks #610 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #19 of the 120 mapped in China. Founded 1342, it is older than 63% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 346 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
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