The city of Beijing in China is surrounded by walls, and within this city there is another city, also surrounded by walls: the Imperial City.
And inside this Imperial City, there is such a large palace that it is almost a city in itself! Most of that palace was built between the 15th and 18th centuries.
The Imperial Palace, the largest palace in the world, is about 950 meters long by 740 meters wide, and contains 17 individual palaces. Also known as the "Forbidden City," the Imperial Palace covers almost 180 acres.
How big is that? Well, the largest palace on Earth that is used as a residence is the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican which covers an area of only 13.5 acres.
The graves surrounding the imperial palace are as wide as a football field, and extend over a distance of about 3 kilometers. Once the home of the Chinese emperors, the Palace is now the seat of the Chinese government.
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