| Panmen
Gate
other
sites in Suzhou |
Suzhou, China |
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Panmen gate is Suzhou's oldest. It is near the Grand Canal, just a stone's throw away from the Wumen Bridge, one of the famous "Three Scenes at Panmen" along with the nearby Pagoda of Auspicious Light. The gate was extensively repaired in 1986 when the guardtower was rebuilt.
Bibliography
All images copyright 2001 Professor
Kerk L. Phillips of Brigham Young University, Utah, USA.
Visit his webpage at www.pomosa.com
Boyd, Andrew. Chinese
Architecture and Town Planning: 1500 B.C. - A.D. 1911
Holmesdale Press Ltd., London.
1962
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~hangying/suzhou/suzhou.html