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The Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
In the west of Beijing, about 20 kilometers from the Forbidden City and an area of 290 ha. extends an imperial garden dating from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is the Summer Palace, a classic that has more than 3,000 rooms, which combines perfectly the mountainous landscape, aquatic and artificial, offering a wonderful variety of views vary depending on weather conditions. In November 1998, when UNESCO declared the palace Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the organization recorded the following data: It was built in 1750. It was destroyed during the war of 1860 and renovated in 1886. It is a masterpiece of Chinese classical gardens, where the architecture artificial hills and the vast surface of water constitute a harmonious artistic whole. Read the rest of this entry »