Old Summer Palace
palace · 1709 AD–1860 AD
Old Summer Palace, a palace recorded 1709 AD–1860 AD: 1 mapped phase, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Completed
- 1709 AD
- Built by
- The Kangxi Emperor, enlarged by his successors
- Destroyed
- October 1860 AD
- Fate
- Looted and burned by British and French troops
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1709 AD–1860 AD | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | Standing. Begun as a garden in 1707 and enlarged through the 18th century. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.