Summer Palace (Beijing)
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Situated in the western outskirts of Haidian District, the Summer Palace is 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from central Beijing. Having the largest royal park and being well preserved, it was designated, in 1960 by the State Council, as a Key Cultural Relics Protection Site of China. Containing examples of the ancient arts, it also has graceful landscapes and magnificent constructions. The Summer Palace is the archetypal Chinese garden, and is ranked amongst the most noted and classical gardens of the world. In 1998, it was listed as one of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Palace
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°59'25"N 116°15'57"E
- Olympic Forest Park 10 km
- Garden and Flower Expo Park 14 km
- Central Green Forest Park 38 km
- Mount Pan 89 km
- Jiaoye Park 104 km
- Tanggu Senlinyuan Park 154 km
- Guangang Forest Park 157 km
- Border Garden Solar Farm 158 km
- Binhai military theme park 159 km
- Lingang Green Ecological Park 168 km
- Kunming Lake 0.1 km
- West Lake 0.6 km
- MSS facilities in Xiyuan 1.1 km
- Golf course 1.4 km
- Central School of CPC 1.8 km
- Yuquan Mountain 2.1 km
- National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) 3 km
- China Agricultural University (CAU) West Campus 4 km
- Beijing Botanic Garden 5.3 km
- Zhongguancun Software Park 6.2 km
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