A Ming and Qing dynasty astronomical observatory in Beijing, built in 1442 and still holding a set of large bronze instruments cast under Jesuit and Chinese court astronomers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including an armillary sphere and a celestial globe. It is among the oldest surviving purpose-built observatories anywhere in the world.
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LocationJianguomen Subdistrict, Dongcheng, Beijing, China 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Beijing Ancient Observatory (Wikipedia)
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Jianguomen Subdistrict, Dongcheng, Beijing
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The observatory was built in 1442 during the Ming dynasty
In Group: Historic Pre-Telescopic Observatories, Lead sentence
The Beijing Ancient Observatory (traditional Chinese: 北京古觀象臺; simplified Chinese: 北京古观象台; pinyin: Běijīng Gǔ Guānxiàngtái) is a pretelescopic observatory located in Beijing, China.
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