| Suzhou City Wall | |||||||||
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 Chang or Changmen Gate (閶門 or 阊门) in Suzhou | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州 城牆 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏州 城墙 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Suzhou City Wall | ||||||||
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The Suzhou City Wall was the city wall that once surrounded Suzhou,a major city in southeastern Jiangsu Province in eastern China.
The state of Wu is recorded fortifying its capital of Wu (modern Suzhou) in 514 BC. The original city wall had only one entrance,the Pan Gate. Most of the current fortifications date to around 1662,when they were rebuilt under the early Qing dynasty to repair damage from the conquest of the Ming. Most of the wall was demolished in 1958.
Before its demolition,the city wall was 15,204 m (49,882 ft) long. Today,only 2,072 m (6,798 ft) remain. [1]
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