Stone bridge in Suzhou Street of Summer Palace in Beijing (China)
N 40° 00.027 E 116° 16.085
50T E 437523 N 4428063
You can find this beautiful marble tree-arch bridge in Suzhou Lie, part of Summer Palace in Beijing, where it crosses a water canal in the park area.
Waymark Code: WM6FT1
Location: China
Date Posted: 05/27/2009
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The marble bridge is 30 m long and 5 m wide and was built in typical old-Chinese style with bow-like shape and stone railing with columns.
Suzhou Lie - originally called Merchants Street was built in the style of South China towns during Emperor Qianlong's reign (1736-1795). A street where emperors and empresses could pretend to go shopping as ordinary people, it was burned to the ground by the Anglo-French Allied Forces in 1860 and restored in 1990.
Physical Location (city, county, etc.): Suzhou Jie (Suzhou Street) - Imperial Summer Palace
Road, Highway, Street, etc.: Xinjian Gongmen Road 19, 100091 Beijing - Haidian District
Water or other terrain spanned: water canal in park of Imperial Summer Palace
Architect/Builder: unknown
Construction Date: 1711-1799
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