Tourists at the Great Fountains Ruins at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing China


Destroyed during the Second Opium War by British and French troops against the Qing Dynasty from 1856 to 1860. Regarded as the best preserved relic in the palace. Chinese name for the Old Summer Palace is Yuanming Yuan


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Location: Peoples Republic of China
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