Brochure - IRF | International Road Federation

Guest Tour* The Imperial PalaceThe Imperial Palace in the center of Beijing is historically and artisticallyone of the most comprehensive museums in China, and used as its foundationof the Forbidden City, a palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1840),and their collection of treasures.* the Great WallThe Great Wall is a symbol of Chinese civilization, and one of the wondersthat the Chinese people have created. Badaling Great Wall, the mostrepresentative part, was promoted as a key national cultural relic, protectedunder the approval of the State Council in 1961. In 1988, it was enlisted inthe World Cultural Heritage Directory by UNESCO.* Temple of HeavenThe Temple of Heaven is a worthwhile visiting place in Beijing. It is muchbigger than the Forbidden City and smaller than the Summer Palace with anarea of about 2,700,000 square meters. The Temple was built in 1420 A.D.during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven.*Bird’s nestLocated in the Olympic Green, the US$423 million stadium is the world’slargest steel structure. The design was awarded to a submission from theSwiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003, after a biddingprocess that included 13 final submissions.*The Water CubeThe National Aquatics Centre, also known as ‘The Water Cube’ is one ofthe most dramatic and exciting venues to host sporting events for the BeijingOlympics in 2008.·6·