Elana Crosskey

[The Silk Road @thesilkroad]

The Forbidden City in Beijing, China, once served as the palace for 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 - 1911). Surrounded by a 52-meter-wide moat and a 10-meter-high wall are more than 8,700 rooms. Listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1987.