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...error occurred while processing this directive] today the Chinese capital's best jazz and blues bar. But it gets its name from the fact that it held ice for the imperial family's exclusive use during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Every winter, ice was collected from the city moat at Dongzhimen and hauled to the Icehouse, filling the 400-sq-m interior. The walls were sufficiently impervious to the elements for the ice to remain there, unthawed, all year round. But while it was once consecrated to the pleasures of the privileged, the Icehouse is now enjoyed by many...
...today the Chinese capital's best jazz and blues bar. But it gets its name from the fact that it held ice for the imperial family's exclusive use during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Every winter, ice was collected from the city moat at Dongzhimen and hauled to the Icehouse, filling the 400-sq-m interior. The walls were sufficiently impervious to the elements for the ice to remain there, unthawed, all year round. But while it was once consecrated to the pleasures of the privileged, the Icehouse is now enjoyed by many. And it's no longer...
...near the Chinese city of Ji'an, on the border with North Korea. Workers discovered the submerged ruins, which government officials say include 2,360 tombs from the ancient Korean kingdom of Koguryo, while making repairs to a local reservoir. Archaeologists found evidence of a moat and city walls, partially destroyed by water from a nearby river, but said they need to carry out further excavations to determine the city's precise...
...reduce the bureaucracy's control over government funds, and cut back on subsidies to local governments. But it wasn't his reforms?bold in conception though they may be?that captured the imagination. It was his visit, on Oct. 17, to the tree-shrouded Shinto shrine just across the moat from the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo known as Yasukuni Jinja. Built in 1869, the shrine (whose name means, of all things, "Peaceful Nation") commemorates the souls of more than 2.5 million of Japan's war dead. Koizumi defends his visits to the shrine?he has made one each year...
Italy had a moat to ward off invaders, but Federico didn't need one. He was that kind of powerful. Urbino is now a university town with a population of just 15,000, and maneuvering through its narrow, walled streets takes about five minutes, even in a van the size of Pavarotti. We entered the palace and immediately realized that this was not just another of the extravagantly fussed-over behemoths that dot Italy like diners on Route 66. Standing in the Cortile d'Onore, with its perimeter framing a perfect square of sky, you feel the exuberance of Renaissance...