UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace

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The UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace in Beijing is a vast imperial garden and former royal retreat renowned for its harmonious integration of palaces, temples, lakes, and landscaped grounds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
imperial garden ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ
royal retreat ⓘ
area approximately 2.9 square kilometres ⓘ
associatedDynasty Qing dynasty ⓘ
ChineseName 颐和园 ⓘ
country China ⓘ
designedAs imperial garden ⓘ
governingBody State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China ⓘ
hasComponent East Palace Gate ⓘ
Foxiang Pavilion ⓘ
Garden of Virtue and Harmony ⓘ
Hall of Benevolence and Longevity ⓘ
Hall of Joyful Longevity ⓘ
Kunming Lake ⓘ
Long Corridor ⓘ
Longevity Hill ⓘ
Marble Boat ⓘ
Seventeen-Arch Bridge ⓘ
South Lake Island ⓘ
Suzhou Street ⓘ
Tower of Buddhist Incense ⓘ
Wenchang Tower ⓘ
West Causeway ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor classical Chinese garden design ⓘ
harmonious integration of palaces, temples, lakes, and landscaped grounds ⓘ
painted decorative art along the Long Corridor ⓘ
landAreaShare about one-quarter of total area ⓘ
literalMeaning Garden of Nurtured Harmony ⓘ
locatedIn Beijing ⓘ
Haidian District ⓘ
northwest Beijing ⓘ
locatedNear Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) ⓘ
mainHill Longevity Hill ⓘ
mainLake Kunming Lake ⓘ
majorReconstructionCompleted late 19th century ⓘ
officialName Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf historic imperial sites of Beijing ⓘ
pinyinName Yíhéyuán ⓘ
primaryFunctionInQingDynasty summer retreat for the imperial family ⓘ
rebuiltAfter damage during the Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
destruction during the Second Opium War ⓘ
rebuiltUnder Empress Dowager Cixi ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 880 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
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(iii) ⓘ
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UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1998 ⓘ
waterAreaShare about three-quarters of total area ⓘ

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Garden of Virtue and Harmony → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace ⓘ
Hall of Dispelling Clouds → heritageSiteWithin → UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace ⓘ
Nanhu Island → within → UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace ⓘ
Beijing → contains → Summer Palace World Heritage Site ⓘ
linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site Summer Palace