FORBIDDEN CITY

INSIDE THE CITY

• Contains Over 980 buildings of various sizes
• It has 9,900 rooms
• Almost all rooftops are done with yellow glazed tiles
• The heaviest stone weighs about 220 tons

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THE PALACE, KNOWN TRADITIONALLY AS THE "PURPLE FORBIDDEN CITY",

EARLY HISTORY

• The construction took about one million workers
• It took 14 years to build
• Was home of 24 emperors

CONSTRUCTION

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