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WESTERN STYLE ARCHITECTURE OF TIANJIN CHINA
Posted: 2004-12-02 05:19 AM  
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Tianjin is China's third largest city, the port of Beijing. Nine foreign powers had Concession territories in Tianjin between 1860 and 1945, including Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States. Within these former Concessions and to some extent outside them, there remains a remarkable heritage of Western style buildings.
Nearly one thousand buildings designed in classical Western architecture styles provides ample testimony to Chinese history in Tianjin. Houses typical of architectural styles found in present-day Britain, France, Germany, USSR, Italy and other European countries can be observed during a stroll of Tianjin's streets.
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