Imperial City

Imperial City

Imperial City may refer to:

Places

* Imperial City, Beijing, the central section of Beijing
* Free imperial city, city formally responsible only to the emperor in the Holy Roman Empire,.
* Imperial City (Huế), a walled fortress and palace in the former capital of Vietnam.

Fictional

* Coruscant (during the reign of the Galactic Empire), a fictional planet in the center of the Star Wars galaxy
* Imperial City, Cyrodiil, the fictional capital of the Empire of Tamriel featured in the Elder Scrolls role-playing game series

Other

It can also be a generic term for a major city that dominates the economic activities of a large region and which also builds impressive public and private structures and cultural institutions, even if it possesses a democratic government within the framework of a larger republic (for example, as described in the book "Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin" by Gray Brechin).


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