Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square (天安门, is a city square in the centre of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ('Gate of Heavenly Peace') located to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. The square contains the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, and the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China in the square on October 1, 1949; the anniversary of this event is still observed there.
Tiananmen Square is within the top ten largest city squares in the world (440,500 m2 – 880×500 m or 109 acres – 960×550 yd).
It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history.
It is also the site of the Tiananmen massacre where students protesting for democracy where attacked by the army and killed.Read more