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Meiling Palace (, aka Meiling Villa and Meiling Gong) is a large villa in 
The exterior of the villa was built in a traditional Chinese style with double eaves and a roof of green glazed tiles. There are more than a thousand phoenixes carved on the roof tiles. The Chinese artist Chen Zhifo (1896–1962) painted the eaves with birds and flowers. Viewed from above, the trees surrounding the villa are in the form of a necklace. The interior was in a western style.
The building has two main storeys, a basement, and a mezzanine between the first and second floors. In the basement, there is an exhibition of paintings by Soong Meiling. On the second floor, there is a private chapel.
Drone footage captures views of China Meiling Palace
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Aerial view of Mei-ling Palace in Nanjing
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Meiling Palace in Nanjing
– tour of the villa 1934 establishments in China Buildings and structures completed in 1934 Museums with year of establishment missing Tourist attractions in Nanjing Museums in Nanjing Official residences in China Historic house museums in China Palaces in China Villas Brick buildings and structures 1934 in Nanjing {{China-struct-stub
Nanjing
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, built by the chairman of the Chinese National Government, Chiang Kai-Shek, for his wife, Soong Meiling. It is known formally as the National Government Chairman Residence ().
The villa is located below Purple Mountain Purple Mountain may refer to:
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, about 6 km from Nanjing's city centre in the Zhongshan Mountain Scenic Area. It is the largest villa in Nanjing, with a floor area of more than 2,000 m2.
Meiling Palace was completed in 1934, as a residence for the chairman of the Chinese National Government. Chiang Kai-Shek gave the mansion to his wife on her birthday, 4 March, and the couple moved there in summer 1936. Later it was used as a base for officials visiting the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum ( zh, t=中山陵, p=Zhōngshān Líng) is situated at the foot of the second peak of Purple Mountain (Nanjing), Purple Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Construction of the tomb started in January 1926, and was fin ...
, located nearby. After the end of the war between China and Japan in 1946, the National Government moved back to Nanjing and Chiang Kai-Shek used this villa as his official residence.
The exterior of the villa was built in a traditional Chinese style with double eaves and a roof of green glazed tiles. There are more than a thousand phoenixes carved on the roof tiles. The Chinese artist Chen Zhifo (1896–1962) painted the eaves with birds and flowers. Viewed from above, the trees surrounding the villa are in the form of a necklace. The interior was in a western style.
The building has two main storeys, a basement, and a mezzanine between the first and second floors. In the basement, there is an exhibition of paintings by Soong Meiling. On the second floor, there is a private chapel.
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*Aerial view of Mei-ling Palace in Nanjing
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Meiling Palace in Nanjing
– tour of the villa 1934 establishments in China Buildings and structures completed in 1934 Museums with year of establishment missing Tourist attractions in Nanjing Museums in Nanjing Official residences in China Historic house museums in China Palaces in China Villas Brick buildings and structures 1934 in Nanjing {{China-struct-stub