Imperial Gardens

Many imperial gardens exist in Asia including:

  • the old name of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, China, also known as the Gardens of Perfect Brightness
  • the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan

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List Of Palaces - China - List of Chinese Imperial Palaces, in Chronological Order
... miles west of Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province the fabulous imperial palace built by the First Emperor in replacement of Xianyang Palace. 7 km/4 miles northeast of downtown Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province imperial palace of the prestigious Western Han Dynasty for two centuries ... in Luoyang (洛陽), Henan province imperial palaces of the Eastern Han Dynasty for two centuries, the Southern Palace being used for court ...
Chinese Palaces - Other Places - Imperial Gardens
... The habit also developed of building garden estates in the countryside surrounding the capital city, where the emperors retired at times to get away ... reached a zenith with the Qing Dynasty, whose emperors built the fabulous Imperial Gardens (御園), now known in China as the Gardens of Perfect Brightness (圓明園), and better known ... emperors of the Qing Dynasty resided and worked in the Imperial Gardens, 8 km/5 miles outside of the walls of Beijing, the Forbidden City inside Beijing being used only for formal ceremonies ...

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