Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square (the Square of Heavenly Peace) is the largest inner-city square in the world. It was created to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Chinese Republic in 1958 and was designed to host a million people. The square's symbolic significance goes back to May 4th, 1919, when students rallied against the Chinese conditions of the Treaty of Versailles.

The Monument to the People's Heroes (Rénmn Yingxióng Jniànbei), a 38-meter-tall obelisk made of 17,000 pieces of granite and marble, and the magnificent Tiananmen Gate, known as the Gate of Heavenly Peace, are also worth seeing. It was built in 1417 and served as the principal entryway to the Imperial City.

The southernmost gate onto Tiananmen Square, Zhengyangmen, or Qianmen, is another significant entrance. This majestic tower, which dated back to the early 15th century and was renovated in the early 1900s, is regarded as one of the city's most prominent features.

The Museum of the Chinese Revolution, with displays depicting the many periods of the Chinese revolution from 1919 through the formation of the Communist Party, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, where Mao's remains lie in a crystal tomb, is also noteworthy.

Address: Dongcheng, Beijing