| World / China / Beijing / Peking, 3 km from center | Coordinates: 39°53'57"N 116°23'29"E |
This gate complex is also known as Qianmen ("Front Gate").
The Zhengyangmen is a gate in Beijing which stands at the south end of the Tiananmen Square precinct. It is formerly the front gate of the Imperial City. It was first built in 1419. It consists of a gatehouse and an archery tower. At 42 metres high, the gatehouse is the tallest among all of the gates in Beijing. After the communist victory in 1949, the gate complex was occupied by the Beijing garrison of the People's Liberation army, who vacated the gate in 1980.
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