Foreign Legation Quarter

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Lonely Planet review for Foreign Legation Quarter

For grand shades of Europe, the former Foreign Legation Quarter where the 19th-century foreign powers flung up embassies, schools, churches, post offices and banks is well worth a stroll.

Access the area walking up the steps east from Tiānānmén Sq into Dongjiaomin Xiang (东交民巷), once called Legation St and renamed 'Anti-Imperialism Road' during the iconoclastic Cultural Revolution. Legation Quarter is a classy cluster of elegantly restored legation buildings towards the west end of Dongjiaomin Xiang. The commercial quadrant – which opened straight into the jaws of the credit crunch – is home to several exclusive restaurants (including Maison Boulud), shops and an art gallery. The attractive green-roofed, orange brick building further east at No 40 is the stately former Dutch Legation.

The domed building at 4a Zhengyi Lu, on the corner of Zhengyi Lu (正义路) and Dongjiaomin Xiang, is the former Yokahama Specie Bank. The grey building at No 19 Dongjiaomin Xiang is the former French post office, now the Jingyuan Sichuan Restaurant, not far from the former French Legation (法国使馆旧址; Fǎguó Shǐguǎn Jiùzhǐ) at No 15.

Backing onto a small school courtyard, the twin spires of the Gothic St Michael's Church (东交民巷天主教堂; Dōngjiàomínxiàng Catholic Church) rises ahead at No 11, facing the green roofs and ornate red brickwork of the former Belgian Legation.

North along Taijichang Dajie is a brick street sign embedded in the northern wall of Táijīchǎng Tóutiáo (台基厂头条), carved with the old name of the road, Rue Hart.

Lonely Planet

2013年9月28日星期六