Unesco description
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.

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The Long Corridor
The Long Corridor is divided in two parts, one on the east and the other on the west. It is 728 meters long with 273 sections. There are over 14.000 paintings on the beams and crossbeams of the corridor, covering a wide range of subjects such as historical figures, birds, flowers, trees, mountains and rivers