11-30-2006, 09:07 AM
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Professor
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Germany
Posts: 1,462
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The Summer Palace has fallen prey to two acts of destruction. The first took place in 1860 when the Anglo-French forces invaded Beijing and ravaged both the Yuanmingyuan Garden and the Park of Pure Ripples. Every single building in the park was destroyed by fire except nonflammable structures such as bronze pavilions and stone pagodas.
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One gate of Suzhoue Jie
Tibetan Tower
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