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Encyclopedia > Imperial City

The term Imperial City can refer to several cities:

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Forbidden City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1952 words)
The Forbidden City or Forbidden Palace (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng; literally "Purple Forbidden City"), located at the exact center of the ancient city of Beijing, was the imperial palace during the mid-Ming and the Qing Dynasties.
The Imperial Palace Grounds are located directly to the north of Tiananmen Square and are accessible from the square via Tiananmen Gate.
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Free Imperial City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (892 words)
Some favored cities gained a charter by gift and others were wealthy enough to purchase theirs from a prince in need of cash; some won it by force of arms, others usurped it during times of anarchy; a number of cities secured their freedom through the extinction of dominant families, like the Hohenstaufen.
Free and imperial cities were only officially admitted as a Reichsstand to the Reichstag in 1489, and even then their votes were usually considered only to be advisory compared to the Benches of the Kurfürsten (Electors) and the Princes.
The three Hanseatic cities remained as constituent states of the new German Empire, and retained this role in the Weimar Republic and into the Third Reich, although under Hitler this status was purely notional.
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