Summer Palace, Beijing
Also known as Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing, New Summer Palace, Palais d'ete, Palais d’Eté, Palais d’été, Summer Palace, Yi He Yuan, Yiheyuan, 頤和園
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
1998
Area
297 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Summer Palace, Beijing is about 13 km north-west of Beijing. The nearest other World Heritage site is Central Axis of Beijing, about 15 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Beijing · about 11,106,000 peopleabout 13 km south-east
- Changping · about 615,000 peopleabout 25 km north
- Langfang · about 810,000 peopleabout 65 km south-east
- Zhuozhou · about 628,000 peopleabout 65 km south-west
- Xuanhua · about 410,000 peopleabout 120 km north-west
- Tianjin · about 7,180,000 peopleabout 130 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural15 km away
ChinaCultural17 km away
ChinaCultural45 km away
ChinaCultural49 km away
ChinaCultural179 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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