Old Summer Palace 圆明园

Beijing’s Old Summer Palace in Photos

Introduction to the Old Summer Palace in Beijing

Built in the 12th century, it has known through the ages different influences in its gardens and its architecture, influences coming from Europe in particular. A place full of history, it was largely pillaged and destroyed by France and Great Britain during the second Opium War (1960). The gardens of the Palace are immense, and the ruins to cross numerous. A leap in time offering an immersion in a mixture of cultures detonating in the Chinese capital.