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Zhaoqing City Wall 肇庆古城墙Zhàoqìng Gǔ Chéngqiáng
National heritage site · Zhaoqing, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhaoqing
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhaoqing City Wall
The brick city wall of the old town of Zhaoqing, built in 1113 when the earth ramparts of the newly promoted prefecture were enlarged and faced with brick, and repaired many times under the Ming and Qing. Most of the circuit survives, although the gate towers were pulled down and much of the wall lowered in the 1920s; the north-west stretch has been restored with battlements and a paved walk on top, crowned by the rebuilt Piyun Tower.
How to get to Zhaoqing City Wall
Around the old town in central Duanzhou, Zhaoqing; Piyun Tower is at the north-west corner, a short walk from the city centre.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Mei'an Temple 梅庵 (under 10 km), Yuejiang Tower (Former HQ of Ye Ting's Independent Regiment) 阅江楼 (under 10 km), Seven Star Crags & Dinghu Mountain (Star Lake) 七星岩·鼎湖山 (under 10 km).
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