Tatar City

"Tatar City" is the conventional name for the northern inner city of Beijing, China. This area was part of the capital of the Yuan dynasty, which Marco Polo referred to as Taidu. The inner city was square-shaped with walls nearly 15 miles long. It was located southwest of the Mongol city of Dadu. During the Ming dynasty, an outer city, known as the Chinese City, was added to the south. Within the inner city was the Imperial City, and inside that, the Forbidden City, which now houses the Palace Museum. Beijing's urban plan is renowned for its regularity and harmony, based on traditional Chinese geomantic practices and organized along a central north-south axis.12