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Murray Battery
🇨🇳 China · 19th century
Murray Battery was an artillery battery located on Battery Path, beneath Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong. Named after Sir George Murray, it was built in 1841, shortly after the British took possession of Hong Kong, and served to protect the colonial government's headquarters. It was demolished in the 1950s and replaced with the Former Central Government Offices.
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Murray Battery ranks #4,542 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #70 of the 120 mapped in China. Founded 1841, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 407 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
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