The Drum Tower - reportedly the largest in China - was built in 1375 during the Ming Dynasty but had undergone an extensive rebuild in 1995. Officials for the county, around 200 miles away from ...

Visitors immerse themselves in a virtual reality exhibition at the Nanjing Museum in Jiangsu province on July 10, 2025. The exhibition, titled Mapping the World: The Kunyu Wanguo Quantu of Ming China, ...

The roof of a Ming Dynasty tower dating back more than 600 years collapsed in a huge pile of rubble in China's Fengyang county on Monday (19 May). Eyewitness footage showed part of the historic ...

Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the first Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. It is one of the largest imperial mausoleums existing in China, as a historical monument put under state protection.

The famous Fengyang Drum Tower was built in 1375 during the Ming Dynasty, the county's official statement noted. The original portion of the building was destroyed in 1853, following which the ...

The Ming Dynasty saw the reign of 16 emperors ... Yingzong, had been captured in northern China in 1449. A year later, the captured emperor returned. In 1457, during a bout of ill health, ...

Anhui, China: The roof of a historic Ming Dynasty-era Drum Tower in Fengyang County, Anhui province, partially collapsed on Monday evening, causing hundreds of roof tiles to fall near visitors. Eyewit ...

Hundreds of tiles have fallen from the roof of a centuries old tower in China's Anhui province, ... was built in 1375 during the Ming Dynasty but had undergone an extensive rebuild in 1995.

Roof of historic Ming Dynasty tower collapses in China. 21 May 2025. Share Save. Tarik Habte. ... was built in 1375 during the Ming Dynasty but had undergone an extensive rebuild in 1995.