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Old Summer Palace
The Old Summer Palace (yuan ming yuan, the Perfection and Brightness Garden) was a palace in Beijing, China.
It was destroyed on October 18-19, 1860 by French and British troops during the second Opium War.
The Summer Palace was also ransacked, but was later rebuilt by Empress Dowager Cixi[?]. The Old Summer Palace was never rebuilt.
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