📰 Summer Palace

People's Republic of China · Asia · 40.00°N, 116.27°E

The Summer Palace or Yihe Garden was a pavilion built by the Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi for quiet retreat. It consists of a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces located in Beijing. An imperial garden during the Qing dynasty, it includes Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake, and Seventeen-Arch Bridge. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres (1.1 sq mi), three-quarters of which is water.

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Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	40.00°N, 116.27°E · view on map

Summer Palace is located in People's Republic of China, in Asia.

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