Yuan Ming Yuan - Art and Culture of an Imperial Garden-Palace". Produced for emperors' approval before construction began, these 150-year-old models showed both the interior and exterior of the ...

Classical gardens, Italian statues and lovely fountains will let you know that you made the right call to visit. Other structures housed here include the Summer Palace, which is maintained by the ...

Originally constructed from 1696 as a grand hunting lodge, Schönbrunn Palace later became the official Hapsburg summer residence ... rooms and vast elaborate gardens comparable to King Louis ...

the royal resort also known as the Old Summer Palace, and suggest a respect for traditional culture. Efforts since August to study the Wenyuan Ge ("pavilion of the source of ritual and music ...

Pope Urban VIII (1623–1644) was the first pope to spend his summer holiday in the palace. Among the Vatican Gardens’ 3,000 plants from 300 species is a 700-year-old oak tree and meticulously ...

Based on the flagstones, it seems the Wenyuan Ge tried to reproduce the feel of the gardens of Jiangnan, the region south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River." Archaeologists found two ponds ...