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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Forbidden City · Alexandria

Place · 1420 CE

Forbidden City

Also known as

Aizliegtā pilsēta
An Chathair Thoirmiscthe
Bajarê Qedexe
Beijings forbudte by
Beijings palassmuseum
Belt Ipprojbita

Image illustrating Forbidden City — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Forbidden Citysee Wikimedia Commons

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in countryPeople's Republic of China1949 CE
place of death ofConsort Dun1746 CE
place of death ofConsort Zhen1876 CE
place of death ofDowager Noble Consort Wan1716 CE
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