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135:), where he was enfeoffed as a prince. To accomplish this, he raised Beiping to the status of a second capital, adding a Jing suffix to its name - Beiping therefore became the "northern capital", Beijing. Zhu Di began building a palace in Beijing. The Nanjing palace lost its position as the emperor's main residence to Beijing's
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No building within the palace survives today. Among other structures, the gate platforms of the
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Aeronautical and Aerospace University of Nanjing, the Archives of the Nanjing Military District, and the No. 2 Historical Archives of China.
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party organs, in a "neo-classical" style referencing traditional palace architecture, placed symmetrically near the old east and west palace gates. The
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