Gps Coordinates / 39.8826199,116.4069714
Temple Of Heaven Tienanmen Square VR Beijing China
1 Tiantan E Rd, Dongcheng, China, 100061
Described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations.
The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1998
Gps Coordinates / 39.8820796,116.4059325
The "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries."
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 39.882122 / Gps Link 39.8822917 / Gps Link 39.8825417
Gps Coordinates / 39.882122,116.4067383 / 39.8822917,116.40658 / 39.8825417,116.4065781
The temple complex was constructed from 1406 to 1420 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of Ming Dynasty, who was also responsible for the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
Currently located in Dongcheng Beijing, China.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 39.8825781 / Gps Link 39.882904 / Gps Link 39.8826811
Gps Coordinates / 39.8825781,116.4067131 / 39.882904,116.40673 / 39.8826811,116.4060069
The complex was extended and renamed Temple of Heaven during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the 16th century. JiaJing also built three other prominent temples in Beijing, the Temple of the Sun (日壇) in the east, the Temple of Earth (地壇) in the north, and the Temple of Moon (月壇) in the west.
The Temple of Heaven was renovated in the 18th century under the Qianlong Emperor
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 39.882105 / Gps Link 39.8814558 / Gps Link 39.88178
Gps Coordinates / 39.882105,116.4065417 / 39.8814558,116.4061395 / 39.88178,116.4072333
The temple was occupied by the Anglo-French alliance during the Second Opium War. In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Eight-Nation Alliance occupied the temple complex and turned it into the force's temporary command in Peking, which lasted for one year.
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