Fuchengmen (;
Manchu
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Möllendorf
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:elgiyen i mutehe duka) was a gate on the western side of
Beijing
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city wall
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. The gate was torn down in the 1960s, and has been replaced by the Fuchengmen overpass on the
2nd Ring Road.
Fuchengmen Station is a transportation node, where a number of public buses and
Line 2 of the
Beijing Subway
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stop. The street that once passed through the gate is still named in its relation to the gate. East of Fuchengmen, it is known as Fuchengmen Inner Street because it would have been inside the wall. West of Fuchengmen, it is known as Fuchengmen Outer Street. Further west, the street becomes
Fushi Road
Fushi may refer to:
* Fushi (Alif Alif Atoll) (Republic of Maldives)
* Fushi (Laamu Atoll) (Republic of Maldives)
* Fushi (Thaa Atoll) (Republic of Maldives)
* ''Fushi'' (novel) by novelist Mao Dun (Mao-Tun), about the New Fourth Army Incident
* F ...
(China National Highway 109).
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Gates of Beijing
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Xicheng District
Demolished buildings and structures in China
Buildings and structures demolished in the 1960s