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Like the rest of the Old Summer Palace, the Xiyang Lou was destroyed in a fire laid by the Anglo-French allied forces in 1860 during the Second Opium War in response to the imprisonment and torture of their peace delegation by the Chinese. However, since the masonry work was not consumed by the fire, significant ruins of many of the buildings ...
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.
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 ...
Most of the collections of the National Museum of Brazil were destroyed in a 2018 fire. June 15 – The Glasgow School of Art main building, nearing the end of restoration after the fire in 2014, was badly damaged in another fire that destroyed the interior of the adjoining O2 ABC music venue. [288] [289] June 28 – Gikomba fire.
The Long Corridor (simplified Chinese: 长 廊; traditional Chinese: 長廊; pinyin: Cháng Láng) is a covered walkway in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. First erected in the middle of the 18th century, it is famous for its 728 m (2,388 ft) length in conjunction with its rich painted decoration (more than 14,000 paintings).
The 2021 forest fires were catastrophic for the estate: 16,997 hectares (42,000 acres) were burnt, with a fire breaking out in the Palace itself. While it was saved, two adjoining storage containers containing objects were destroyed. The area of the Royal Cemetery burned, but the Mausoleum and the Church of the Resurrection were saved.
[1] [2] On 8 October 1867, Charlotte moved in with her brother and sister-in-law in the Palace of Laeken. She did not return to the pavilion until May 1869. On the night of 2 March 1879, a fire broke out in the pavilion. [1] Empress Charlotte was woken up by her ladies-in-waiting and escaped the burning building, which was destroyed in the fire.
previous palace of the Corte Real family, bought by the crown for the princes. Destroyed by fire in 1751 and remains destroyed by 1755 earthquake. Pinheiro Palace: Herdade do Pinheiro: Previously a Royal property, now in private ownership. Guimaraes Castle: Guimaraes: residence of the Counts of Portugal between 1095 and 1131. Paço das Escolas ...