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Ming Palace

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Ming Palace in China
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The Ming Palace (Chinese: 明故宫; pinyin: Míng Gùgōng; lit. 'Ming Former Palace'), also known as the "Forbidden City of Nanjing", was the 14th-century imperial palace of the early Ming dynasty, when Nanjing was the capital of China.

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Ming Palace ranks #1,414 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #16 of the 17 mapped in China. See how China compares in the castle statistics.

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