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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Beijing ( ; ; ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the Capital city, capital of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's Li ...
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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 The gate was torn down in the 1960s, and has been replaced by the Fuchengmen overpass on the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
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The ring road can be divided into two parts: the original ring ...
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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 (China National Highway 109).
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Gates of Beijing
Neighbourhoods of Beijing
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Xicheng District
Demolished buildings and structures in China
Buildings and structures demolished in the 1960s