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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Summer Palace in Beijing
| Title | Summer Palace |
| Artist(s) | Unrecorded artist |
| Dates | first built 1750, restored 1886 |
| Places | Asia / East Asia / China |
| Period, Culture, Style | Qing dynasty |
| Artwork Type | Architecture / Palace |
| Material | Wood, Pigment |
| Technique | Polychromy |
Cite this page as: UNESCO, "Summer Palace in Beijing," in Smarthistory, June 3, 2021, accessed February 21, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/summer-palace-beijing/.
