Architectural Features

Architectural Features
Facing the east, this square building complex covers an area of 40,000 square meters (430,556 square feet).There are two walls enclosing the palace – the outer called the Brick Wall with a perimeter of 66 meters (217 feet) and the inner called the Purple Wall with a perimeter of 41 meters (135 feet). The gates to the palace are set on the east side of the wall. A cloister of 167 rooms was built around the inner wall to house the royal guards. The cloister is decorated with over 1,300 delicate colored paintings.