Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Also known as New Summer Palace, Palais d'ete, Palais d’Eté, Palais d’été, Summer Palace, Yi He Yuan, Yiheyuan, 頤和園
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China
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1998
Area
297 ha
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Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Central Axis of Beijing
ChinaCultural15 km away
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
ChinaCultural17 km away
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
ChinaCultural45 km away
The Great Wall
ChinaCultural49 km away
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde
ChinaCultural179 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
- Wikidata itemQ4132, open data (CC0)
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