The Forbidden City is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China.

Forbidden City may also refer to:

Places Government Complex No. 1 (Pyongyang), headquarters of the Worker's Party of Korea in North Korea Imperial City of Huế, or the Purple Forbidden City, in Vietnam Ming Palace, or the Forbidden City of Nanjing, China

Arts and entertainment The Forbidden City (film), a 1918 American film directed by Sidney Franklin Forbidden City (film), a 2025 Italian film directed by Gabriele Mainetti Forbidden City (nightclub), a defunct Chinese cabaret in San Francisco, California, US Forbidden City (novel), a 1990 novel by William E. Bell "Forbidden City" (song), a 1996 song by Electronic "Forbidden City", a song by Tina Guo

See also Forbidden Gardens, a defunct outdoor museum of Chinese culture and history in Texas, US Forbidden Kingdom (disambiguation) Gugong (disambiguation)