Xiyang Lou

Coordinates: 40°0′44.28″N 116°18′23.76″E / 40.0123°N 116.3066°E / 40.0123; 116.3066 Xiyang Lou (Chinese: 西洋楼; pinyin: Xīyáng Lóu; literally "Western mansion(s)"), are ruins of 18th-century European-style imperial buildings on the grounds of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, China. They are located in the northern part of the Changchun Yuan (Garden of Eternal Spring), one of the three gardens which once made up the Old Summer Palace, and cover an area of about 7 hectares.

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