Porcelain Palace

{{Short description|Public toilet complex in Chongqing, China}}

File:View of the Porcelain Palace, Foreigners Street, Chongqing.JPG.]]

File:Entrance to the Porcelain Palace, Chongqing.JPG

File:Gaudi-style entrance to the Porcelain Palace, Foreigners Street, Chongqing.JPG-style entrance of the toilet complex to the south of the main Porcelain Palace.]]

Porcelain Palace is a large public toilet complex at the Foreigners' Street amusement park in the city of Chongqing, China.

The facade of the complex was inspired by ancient Egyptian art. A toilet complex to the south is in the distinctive style of the Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. The complex contains a total of more than 1,000 toilets and urinals making it the largest toilet complex in the world.{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/china-welcomes-the-porcelain-palace/article690333/ | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | title=China Welcomes the Porcelain Palace | location=Toronto, Canada | date=25 July 2007 | accessdate=13 September 2014 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.lifelounge.com.au/technology/news/china-opens-bathroom-with-1000-stalls.aspx | title=China Opens Bathroom With 1000 Stalls | website=www.lifelounge.com.au | publisher=Lifelounge | location=Australia | date=13 July 2007 | accessdate=13 September 2014 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140913083901/http://www.lifelounge.com.au/technology/news/china-opens-bathroom-with-1000-stalls.aspx | archive-date=13 September 2014 | url-status=dead }}

The massive toilet edifice is more than {{convert|3000|m2|sqft}} in size and has been submitted by Chinese authorities to the Guinness Book of World Records.{{cite web| url=http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/biggest/largest_public_restroom_from_china_set_world_record_70449.htm | website=www.worldrecordacademy.com | publisher=World Record Academy | title=Largest public restroom from China set world record | date=12 July 2007 | accessdate=13 September 2014 }}

The Porcelain Palace has been purged of artworks and facilities seen as vulgar by the Chinese authorities.{{cite web| url=http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-27996556/chongqing-sweeps-off-vulgarities-to-purify-foreigners | title=Chongqing sweeps off vulgarities to purify Foreigners Street | publisher=Corbis | website=www.CorbisImages.com | date=21 May 2009 | accessdate=21 September 2014 }} The Love Land sex theme park attraction would have been near the Porcelain Palace and Foreigners' Street. This was due to be opened in 2009, but was demolished by the authorities before it actually opened.