The Summer Palace, China : Garden of the Heavenly Empress /
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, pa...
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Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Global Screen,
[2002]
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Series: | Treasures of the world Eastern and Southeastern Asia.
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