Photography German Fort on the City Wall
A black-and-white photograph showing one of the many German fortifications on the city wall in Beijing’s Legation Quarter (Dongjiaominxiang 東交民巷), situated between 1861 and 1959 in the area of the Inner City (Neicheng 内城), east of present-day Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang 天安門廣場), and south of the Forbidden City (Gugong 故宫 or Zijincheng 紫禁城).
The photograph is the 31st of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Deutsches Blockhaus auf der Stadtmauer. (DZ)
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