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  2. Summer Palace - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the Summer Palace date back to the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty.In 1153, when the fourth ruler, Wanyan Liang (r. 1150–1161), moved the Jin capital from Huining Prefecture (in present-day Acheng District, Harbin, Heilongjiang) to Yanjing (present-day Beijing), he ordered the construction of a palace in the Fragrant Hills and Jade Spring Hill in what is now the northwest of Beijing.

  3. Summer Palace of Peter the Great - Wikipedia

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    The palace as seen from across the Fontanka River from a small Prachechniy ("Laundry") Bridge in August 2007. The Summer Palace of Peter the Great (Russian: Летний дворец Петра I) was built in Saint Petersburg between 1710 and 1714 in the northeast corner of the Summer Garden, located on an island formed by the Fontanka River, Moyka River, and the Swan Canal. [1]

  4. Old Summer Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan (traditional Chinese: 圓明園; simplified Chinese: 圆明园; pinyin: Yuánmíng Yuán; lit. 'Gardens of Perfect Brightness') or Yuanmingyuan Park, [1] originally called the Imperial Gardens (traditional Chinese: 御園; simplified Chinese: 御园; pinyin: Yù Yuán), and sometimes called the Winter Palace, [2] [3] was a complex of palaces ...

  5. Sanssouci - Wikipedia

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    Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it, too, is notable for the numerous temples and follies in the surrounding park.

  6. Queen Anne's Summer Palace - Wikipedia

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    Ferdinand I commissioned the Summer Palace, built on the eastern edge of the Royal Garden between 1538 and 1560, for his wife Anne Jagiellonica. [2] The garden was founded simultaneously with the palace.

  7. Marble Boat - Wikipedia

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    The Marble Boat (Chinese: 石 舫; pinyin: Shí Fǎng), also known as the Boat of Purity and Ease, is a lakeside pavilion on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. It was first erected in 1755 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. [1]

  8. Take a look inside Rosecliff, a 30-room mansion built for a ...

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    Rosecliff in Newport, Rhode Island, was built for a silver heiress during the Gilded Age. It measures 28,800 square feet and features 30 rooms, including Newport's largest ballroom.

  9. Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace - Wikipedia

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    Tipu Sultan's (Summer Palace), in Bangalore, India, is an example of Indo-Islamic architecture and was the summer residence of the Mysorean ruler Tipu Sultan. Hyder Ali commenced its construction within the walls of the Bangalore Fort , and it was completed during the reign of King Tipu Sultan in 1791.