Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing World Heritage Site

Official name: Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing | UNESCO
Country: China | Map
Continent: Asia
Location: 10 km northwest of Beijing
39.9105° Lat, 116.1411° Lon | Map
Code: 880
Time Zone: Asia/Shanghai (CST, +0800)
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Category: Cultural
Description: Inscribed 1998. The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 – is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value.