The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, China
December 8th, 2005 / / Links: Google Earth, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Virtual Earth / Nearest places
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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing , (Chinese: 南京陶塔; pinyin: Nánjīng Táotǎ), 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.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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December 8th, 2005 at 11:12 pm
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