The article of Ivan Porto, The Forbidden City, is devoted to the Imperial Palace complex within the Inner City of Peking. The entrance to it is masked - occasionally or on purpose - by governmental rostra, so that it is not seen from the square. On the facade side of the magnificent portal, a huge portrait of Mao Zedong hangs. Many of us remember both this portrait and these rostra due to numerous news films. However, few of us know that behind them one of the architectural wonders of the world is hidden. The article of Ivan Porto, The Forbidden City, is devoted to the Imperial Palace complex within the Inner City of Peking. The entrance to it is masked - occasionally or on purpose - by governmental rostra, so that it is not seen from the square. On the facade side of the magnificent portal, a huge portrait of Mao Zedong hangs. Many of us remember both this portrait and these rostra due to numerous news films. However, few of us know that behind them one of the architectural wonders of the world is hidden.