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ID: 700002926
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002926
Record Type: Built Work
Yuanming Yuan (ruins; unknown Jesuit (designers); patrons, Yongzheng, Emperor of C...; built and expanded from 1707; ...; Beijing (Beijing Shi, Zhongguo, Asia, World, Top of the TGN ...)
Note: Large complex of palace and gardens, built in the 18th-19th centuries, used by the Qing dynasty emperor and others as a meeting place. The complex was destroyed in 1860 during the Second Opium War. The area is now partially occupied by Peking and Tsinghua universities.
Titles:
Yuanming Yuan (preferred,C,U,Chinese (transliterated),,)
Yuan Ming Yuan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated),,)
Old Summer Palace (C,U,English,,)
Garden of Perfect Brightness (C,U,English,,)
Catalog Level: complex
Work Types:
ruins [300008057] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)
gardens (open spaces) [300008090]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by form>)
palaces (official residences) [300005734]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: built and expanded from 1707; destroyed 1860

Creator Display:
unknown Jesuit (designers); patrons, Yongzheng, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1678-1735), Kangxi, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1654-1722), Qianlong, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1711-1799) [preferred,VP]
patron Yongzheng, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1678-1735) [500372570]
patron Kangxi, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1654-1722) [500372571]
patron Qianlong, Emperor of China (Chinese emperor, 1711-1799) [500372572]
designers unknown Jesuit (Jesuit cultural designation) [500355131]
Locations:
Current: Beijing [7001758] Beijing Shi (municipality), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 40.007222 116.2925
Display Materials: unavailable
Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Chinese (preferred)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: residential structures
Sources and Contributors:
Yuanming Yuan........ [VP]
........ Yuanming Yuan, China Heritage Quarterly (2006)
Yuan Ming Yuan........ [VP]
........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Old Summer Palace........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Garden of Perfect Brightness........ [VP]
........ Yuanming Yuan, China Heritage Quarterly (2006)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
....................... Barmé, Life in Ruins, East Asian History (1996)
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Yuanming Yuan, China Heritage Quarterly (2006)
..... Barmé, Life in Ruins, East Asian History (1996)
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