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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 ...

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At present, the main sacrificial building complexes including the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Circular Mound Altar, the Fasting Palace and the Divine Music Administration are all integrally preserved. The flourishing trees in the property remind people of the heyday of the site.

The protection scope and construction control zone of the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang 1986 Map showing the Imperial Palace in Beijing

Declaration of principles to promote international solidarity and cooperation to preserve World Heritage

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Extension of "The Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple Monastery, Lhasa" to include the Norbulingka area. The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.

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