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OverviewGreat Wall of ChinaMany walls, two thousand years. Start here, then choose a section: Badaling or Mutianyu.
1BadalingThe pass on the road to Beijing: a fortress with two gates and the climb to North Tower 8.
2MutianyuThree towers side by side on one platform, a design found nowhere else on the wall.
3Forbidden CityThe Ming and Qing palace, finished in 1420. World Heritage since 1987.
4Temple of HeavenWhere emperors prayed for the harvest, in a hall built like a calendar. World Heritage since 1998.
5Summer PalaceThe largest imperial garden left in China, three-quarters of it water. World Heritage since 1998.

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Cover: pictures cropped and combined by Timeless Places, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Originals: Great Wall of China, CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Badaling, Taty2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Mutianyu, xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Forbidden City, Güldem Üstün, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons © 2026 Timeless Places