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NEWS ABOUT: summer palace

summer palace stories: 2 news summaries

 China To Scour 
 Museums for 
 Looted Art 

Artifact team will hunt for Imperial Gardens booty

Oct 22, 09 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is about to send teams of artifact hunters to the world's top museums to track down looted art treasures. They'll be on the lookout for art from the splendid Imperial Gardens of Yuan Ming Yuan, more commonly known as the Old Summer Palace, which was used by Chinese emperors... More »

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China • art • museums • British Museum • The Louvre • Metropolitan Museum of Art • looted art • summer palace

 Heirs Ordered to Open 
 Franco's Palace 

Spain still coming
to terms with
repressive past

Jan 2, 09 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The heirs of Spain's late dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco, have been ordered to open Franco's summer palace in Galicia to the public. The move is the latest in a series of belated attempts by the Spanish to begin to come to terms with decades of repressive dictatorship that followed the... More »

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Spain • Gen Francisco Franco • Galicia • El Pazo de Meirás • summer palace • La Coruna

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