The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing , (南京陶塔, PinyinNanjing Taota), also known as Bao'ensi (报恩寺), the "Temple of Gratitude", is located in Nanjing, an ancient capital of China, out on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing is one of the Seven Wonders of the World in the middle ages. Warfare and subsequent destruction overtook it in the 19th century, and it is now under reconstruction.
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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (http://wonderclub.com/WorldWonders/PorcelainHistory.html)
Nanjing, with a total area of 6,598 km², is situated in the largest economic zone of China, the Yangtze River Delta, which is part of the downstream Yangtze River drainage basin.
Nanjing was the capital of the Taiping Kingdom in the mid-19th century, being renamed as Tianjing (天京) (lit.
Nanjing is currently consisted of 13 county-level divisions, of which 11 are districts and 2 are counties.
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