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Schloss Benrath, Ostansicht.
Das Schloss Benrath liegt im südlichen Stadtteil Benrath der nordrhein-westfälischen Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.
Die Verbindung der Architektur mit der umgebenden Natur.
Die Gliederung des Parterregeschosses spiegelt sich auch in der Zweiteilung des Parks wider: Die aus Vestibül und Kuppelsaal bestehende Mittelachse wird in Form des südlich gelegenen Spiegelweihers fortgeführt, an den sich verschiedene Gartenbereiche anschließen. Auf der Seite des Kurfürsten (Westen) befindet sich der schon im 17. Jahrhundert angelegte Jagdpark, der nach dem damaligen Verständnis einer dezidiert männlichen Tätigkeit, der Jagd, gewidmet war. Auf der Seite der Kurfürstin (Osten) befinden sich noch heute Obst-, Gemüse- und Kräutergärten, also die fruchtbaren und ertragbringenden Teile des Gartens.
Benrath Palace, east view.
Benrath Castle is located in the southern Benrath district of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf.
The connection between architecture and the surrounding nature.
The structure of the ground floor level is also reflected in the division of the park into two parts: the central axis, consisting of a vestibule and a domed hall, is continued in the form of the mirror pond to the south, to which various garden areas adjoin. On the elector's side (west) is the hunting park, which was laid out in the 17th century and, according to the understanding of the time, was dedicated to a decidedly male activity, hunting. On the side of the Electress (east) there are still fruit, vegetable and herb gardens, i.e. the fertile and profitable parts of the garden.
Der Herzogstuhl - Herzog Ernst II. von Sachsen-Altenburg Jagdschlösschen nahe der Jagdanlage Rieseneck bei Kleineutersdorf.
The Herzogstuhl - Duke Ernst II of Saxony-Altenburg hunting lodge near the Rieseneck hunting grounds near Kleineutersdorf.
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The water spraying stone dining table in the gardens of Hellbrunn Palace on the outskirts of the city of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Some background information:
Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens are located just a few kilometres south of Salzburg in the Austrian state that is named after the city. They still belong to the city’s area. Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens are mainly renowned for their best-preserved trick fountains from the late Renaissance era, which is also the main reason why the castle and its grounds attract almost 300,000 visitors per year in the period between end of March and the beginning of November.
Hellbrunn Palace was built within just three years between 1613 and 1615 in the rare Mannerist style on behalf of Markus Sittikus of Hohenems, who was elected Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg in 1612. The Mannerist style emerged in the late Renaissance era for just a short period of time before being replaced by the Baroque style. The building was also known under the name "Villa Suburbana" and was intented to be a place for festivities, hunts, and elegant receptions. Primarily a place for pleasure and leisure, Hellbrunn Palace was not intended to be a main residence, as the Prince-Archbishop typically usually returned to Salzburg in the evenings. Hence, there is no bedroom in the château.
The building’s architect was Santino Solari from Italy, who was also commissioned to construct the new Salzburg Cathedral. Particularly noteworthy are the banquet hall with ist walls and the vaulted ceiling, octagonal room with its depictions of social gatherings and musical performances, as well as the fish room, the bird room, and the corner room. Around the enclosed cour d'honneur (in English: "honor courtyard"), the outbuildings are symmetrically arranged. Together with the approach road from the east the palace forms a grand axis that extends deep into the landscape.
Markus Sittikus of Hohenems was a member of the noble House of Ems with a great lust for life and the vision to create a place that had never existed before, which was his pleasure palace Hellbrunn. His keen sense of humour prompted him to cause the design of trick fountains in the gardens as a series of practical jokes to be performed on guests.
Notable features include stone seats around a stone dining table through which a water conduit sprays water into the seat of the guests when the mechanism is activated, and hidden fountains that surprise and spray guests while they walk through the gardens. Other features are a mechanical, water-operated and music-playing theatre built in 1750 including some 200 automata showing various professions at work, a grotto and a crown being pushed up and down by a jet of water, symbolising the rise and fall of power. At all of these there is always a spot which is never wet: that was where the Archbishop stood or sat, to which there is no water conduit and which is today occupied by one of the trick fountain operators.
The gardens also feature a small building known as the Monatschlössl, or the "little month-palace", as it was built during the period of one month after a visitor commented to Sittikus that a building on the hill would improve the view from one of the schloss' windows. The prince-archbishop took heed of his advice, and when the visitor returned a month later the Monatschlössl was built. It now houses the ethnographical section of the Carolina Augusteum Museum of Salzburg.
In Austria, the château is so popular and famous that it was the subject of a collectors coin: the Austrian 10 euro Hellbrunn Palace Coin, minted on 21st April, 2004. The obverse depicts the main access to the castle from its forecourt. The background shows the mountains of Salzburg on the northern rim of the Alpine chain.
With a population of almost 160,000, Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its The city lies on the Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Salzburg Slate Alps, a range of the Central Eastern Alps. The town occupies the site of the Roman settlement of Luvavum. Founded as an episcopal see in 696, it became a seat of the archbishop in 798.
Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, as well as gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In the 17th century, Salzburg became a centre of the Counter-Reformation, with monasteries and numerous Baroque churches built. Salzburg has an extensive cultural and educational history, being the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and being home to three universities and a large student population.
Today, along with Vienna and the Tyrol, Salzburg is one of Austria's most popular tourist destinations. Salzburg's historic center is renowned for its Baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centres in the Alps. In 1996, the city‘s historic center was enlisted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Front façade of Hellbrunn Palace on the outskirts of the city of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Some background information:
Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens are located just a few kilometres south of Salzburg in the Austrian state that is named after the city. They still belong to the city’s area. Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens are mainly renowned for their best-preserved trick fountains from the late Renaissance era, which is also the main reason why the castle and its grounds attract almost 300,000 visitors per year in the period between end of March and the beginning of November.
Hellbrunn Palace was built within just three years between 1613 and 1615 in the rare Mannerist style on behalf of Markus Sittikus of Hohenems, who was elected Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg in 1612. The Mannerist style emerged in the late Renaissance era for just a short period of time before being replaced by the Baroque style. The building was also known under the name "Villa Suburbana" and was intented to be a place for festivities, hunts, and elegant receptions. Primarily a place for pleasure and leisure, Hellbrunn Palace was not intended to be a main residence, as the Prince-Archbishop typically usually returned to Salzburg in the evenings. Hence, there is no bedroom in the château.
The building’s architect was Santino Solari from Italy, who was also commissioned to construct the new Salzburg Cathedral. Particularly noteworthy are the banquet hall with ist walls and the vaulted ceiling, octagonal room with its depictions of social gatherings and musical performances, as well as the fish room, the bird room, and the corner room. Around the enclosed cour d'honneur (in English: "honor courtyard"), the outbuildings are symmetrically arranged. Together with the approach road from the east the palace forms a grand axis that extends deep into the landscape.
Markus Sittikus of Hohenems was a member of the noble House of Ems with a great lust for life and the vision to create a place that had never existed before, which was his pleasure palace Hellbrunn. His keen sense of humour prompted him to cause the design of trick fountains in the gardens as a series of practical jokes to be performed on guests.
Notable features include stone seats around a stone dining table through which a water conduit sprays water into the seat of the guests when the mechanism is activated, and hidden fountains that surprise and spray guests while they walk through the gardens. Other features are a mechanical, water-operated and music-playing theatre built in 1750 including some 200 automata showing various professions at work, a grotto and a crown being pushed up and down by a jet of water, symbolising the rise and fall of power. At all of these there is always a spot which is never wet: that was where the Archbishop stood or sat, to which there is no water conduit and which is today occupied by one of the trick fountain operators.
The gardens also feature a small building known as the Monatschlössl, or the "little month-palace", as it was built during the period of one month after a visitor commented to Sittikus that a building on the hill would improve the view from one of the schloss' windows. The prince-archbishop took heed of his advice, and when the visitor returned a month later the Monatschlössl was built. It now houses the ethnographical section of the Carolina Augusteum Museum of Salzburg.
In Austria, the château is so popular and famous that it was the subject of a collectors coin: the Austrian 10 euro Hellbrunn Palace Coin, minted on 21st April, 2004. The obverse depicts the main access to the castle from its forecourt. The background shows the mountains of Salzburg on the northern rim of the Alpine chain.
With a population of almost 160,000, Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its The city lies on the Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Salzburg Slate Alps, a range of the Central Eastern Alps. The town occupies the site of the Roman settlement of Luvavum. Founded as an episcopal see in 696, it became a seat of the archbishop in 798.
Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, as well as gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In the 17th century, Salzburg became a centre of the Counter-Reformation, with monasteries and numerous Baroque churches built. Salzburg has an extensive cultural and educational history, being the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and being home to three universities and a large student population.
Today, along with Vienna and the Tyrol, Salzburg is one of Austria's most popular tourist destinations. Salzburg's historic center is renowned for its Baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centres in the Alps. In 1996, the city‘s historic center was enlisted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
... sculpture in the pleasure grounds of Sans Souci / Potsdam.
Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia at Potsdam, just outside Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it too is notable for the numerous temples and follies in Sanssouci Park.
The palace was designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfil Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. This is emphasized by the palace's name, Sanssouci is a French term which translates loosely as "without cares" or "carefree" symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power.
After World War II, the palace became a tourist attraction in East Germany.
Following German reunification in 1990, Sanssouci and its extensive gardens became a World Heritage Site.
The mechanical, water-operated and music-playing theatre built in 1750 in the gardens of Hellbrunn Palace on the outskirts of the city of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Some background information:
Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens are located just a few kilometres south of Salzburg in the Austrian state that is named after the city. They still belong to the city’s area. Hellbrunn Palace and Gardens are mainly renowned for their best-preserved trick fountains from the late Renaissance era, which is also the main reason why the castle and its grounds attract almost 300,000 visitors per year in the period between end of March and the beginning of November.
Hellbrunn Palace was built within just three years between 1613 and 1615 in the rare Mannerist style on behalf of Markus Sittikus of Hohenems, who was elected Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg in 1612. The Mannerist style emerged in the late Renaissance era for just a short period of time before being replaced by the Baroque style. The building was also known under the name "Villa Suburbana" and was intented to be a place for festivities, hunts, and elegant receptions. Primarily a place for pleasure and leisure, Hellbrunn Palace was not intended to be a main residence, as the Prince-Archbishop typically usually returned to Salzburg in the evenings. Hence, there is no bedroom in the château.
The building’s architect was Santino Solari from Italy, who was also commissioned to construct the new Salzburg Cathedral. Particularly noteworthy are the banquet hall with ist walls and the vaulted ceiling, octagonal room with its depictions of social gatherings and musical performances, as well as the fish room, the bird room, and the corner room. Around the enclosed cour d'honneur (in English: "honor courtyard"), the outbuildings are symmetrically arranged. Together with the approach road from the east the palace forms a grand axis that extends deep into the landscape.
Markus Sittikus of Hohenems was a member of the noble House of Ems with a great lust for life and the vision to create a place that had never existed before, which was his pleasure palace Hellbrunn. His keen sense of humour prompted him to cause the design of trick fountains in the gardens as a series of practical jokes to be performed on guests.
Notable features include stone seats around a stone dining table through which a water conduit sprays water into the seat of the guests when the mechanism is activated, and hidden fountains that surprise and spray guests while they walk through the gardens. Other features are a mechanical, water-operated and music-playing theatre built in 1750 including some 200 automata showing various professions at work, a grotto and a crown being pushed up and down by a jet of water, symbolising the rise and fall of power. At all of these there is always a spot which is never wet: that was where the Archbishop stood or sat, to which there is no water conduit and which is today occupied by one of the trick fountain operators.
The gardens also feature a stone theater and a small building known as the Monatschlössl, or the "little month-palace", as it was built during the period of one month after a visitor commented to Sittikus that a building on the hill would improve the view from one of the schloss' windows. The prince-archbishop took heed of his advice, and when the visitor returned a month later the Monatschlössl was built. It now houses the ethnographical section of the Carolina Augusteum Museum of Salzburg.
In Austria, the château is so popular and famous that it was the subject of a collectors coin: the Austrian 10 euro Hellbrunn Palace Coin, minted on 21st April, 2004. The obverse depicts the main access to the castle from its forecourt. The background shows the mountains of Salzburg on the northern rim of the Alpine chain.
With a population of almost 160,000, Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its The city lies on the Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Salzburg Slate Alps, a range of the Central Eastern Alps. The town occupies the site of the Roman settlement of Luvavum. Founded as an episcopal see in 696, it became a seat of the archbishop in 798.
Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, as well as gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In the 17th century, Salzburg became a centre of the Counter-Reformation, with monasteries and numerous Baroque churches built. Salzburg has an extensive cultural and educational history, being the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and being home to three universities and a large student population.
Today, along with Vienna and the Tyrol, Salzburg is one of Austria's most popular tourist destinations. Salzburg's historic center is renowned for its Baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centres in the Alps. In 1996, the city‘s historic center was enlisted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Das Palais wurde 1680 als Lustschloss der Albertiner, der sächsichen Fürsten erbaut vom Oberlandbaumeister Johann Georg Starcke(1630-1695). Es ist eines der frühesten Barockbauten in Deutschland. Es liegt im großen Garten, der heute der größte Park Dresdens ist mit 1,8 qkm.
The palace was founded in 1680 as a pleasure palace for the Saxon princes built by the chief master builder Johann Georg Starcke (1630-1695). It is one of the earliest Baroque buildings in Germany. It lies in the large garden, which is today the largest park in Dresden with 1.8 km²
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For over a hundred years Jag Mandir has served as the main pleasure palace of the Sisodia rulers. During the rule of Maharana Sangram Singh II (1716-34) his son Jagat Singh II had asked permission for a sojourn at Jag Mandir but for reasons best known to the father the young prince was refused. On the other hand the adjacent island was given up for the prince’s personal use. Pavilions of the palace were constructed before 1734 and after his coronation Gadi Rana Jagat Singh II (1734-1751) further expanded the marble water palace. Jagat Singh II named the palace, Jag Niwas, also known as the Lake Palace, after himself. The palace faces east, allowing its inhabitants to pray to the Sun god at the crack of dawn.
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Photographic study at Schloss Favorite - a castle on the outskirts of Rastatt-Förch / Baden-Württemberg / Germany.
Built by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer between 1710 and 1730, it was created as a hunting lodge and pleasure palace for Margravine Sibylla Augusta, the widow of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
Schloss Favorite is a castle on the outskirts of Rastatt-Förch / Baden-Württemberg / Germany.
Built by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer between 1710 and 1730, it was created as a hunting lodge and pleasure palace for Margravine Sibylla Augusta, the widow of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
Built for the Prince Regent, later King George IV, in stages between 1787 and 1823, the Royal Pavilion is remarkable for its exotic oriental appearance both inside and out. This magnificent royal pleasure palace was revered by fashionable Regency society and is still a distinctive landmark for Brighton today. The Royal Pavilion is also home to some of the finest collections and examples of the chinoiserie style in Britain.
Pleasure palace built by the Norman king of Sicily, William II in 1080, using Arab architects and craftsmen. It features prominently in the sixth story of the fifth day in Boccaccio's Decameron.
The first of France's great classical palaces, Chambord stands in a vast park enclosed by a 20-mile wall. It is surrounded by the forest of Sologne, teeming with the game which the rulers of France have long loved to hunt.
In 1519, Francois I, at the age of 21, decided to build a new palace of pleasure. Chambord had barely started to rise from its foundations when the king suffered defeat and captivity at Pavia in 1525. On his return to France, he judged it more suitable for a monarch to live close to his capital, at either Fontainebleu or St-Germain-en-Laye.
Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia at Potsdam, just outside Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it too is notable for the numerous temples and follies in Sanssouci Park.
The palace was designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfil Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. This is emphasized by the palace's name, Sanssouci is a French term which translates loosely as "without cares" or "carefree" symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power.
After World War II, the palace became a tourist attraction in East Germany.
Following German reunification in 1990, Sanssouci and its extensive gardens became a World Heritage Site.
Artemisia became a principality; the Knackebrod Wars began in Drachenwald; Vlad's Pleasure Palace opened at Pennsic.
Photographic study at Schloss Favorite - a castle on the outskirts of Rastatt-Förch / Baden-Württemberg / Germany.
Built by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer between 1710 and 1730, it was created as a hunting lodge and pleasure palace for Margravine Sibylla Augusta, the widow of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
Hercules features in several places in the "Little Castle" -the 1613-1618's pleasure palace on the site of earlier keep. This one over the entrance door is a poor replacement of the original.
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Photographic study at Schloss Favorite - a castle on the outskirts of Rastatt-Förch / Baden-Württemberg / Germany.
Built by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer between 1710 and 1730, it was created as a hunting lodge and pleasure palace for Margravine Sibylla Augusta, the widow of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
The hill on which the Summer Palace sits was home to a palace complex as early as the 12th century; however, most of the current constructions date from the 1750s or later, and are the work of the Qianlong Emperor (who also developed the back garden of the Forbidden City). The Summer Palace was part of a larger set of retreats, including the spectacular Yuanmingyuan. That garden was destroyed by the British and French in the Second Opium War; the Summer Palace was also badly damaged, but the Dowager Empress spent a small fortune restoring it in the 1880s.
The palace is organized around the man-made Kunming Lake (formerly a reservoir), and has been divided by historian Liyao Cheng into four areas: the highly formal court/residential section to the east (with the “small but exquisite” Xiequyuan Garden to the north); the northern side of the hill (a “naturalized” landscape with a group of Tibetan Buddhist temples); the southern front of the hill (with towers dramatically sited on a short but steep axis); and, further away, the areas of the South and West Lakes, sprinkled with islands and pavilions. These last are inspired by gardens in southern China, (in particular West Lake in Hangzhou) and refer to a Chinese idea of a fairyland. As with that Forbidden City garden, then, we have here a bit of a hybrid, with the axial, imperial arrangement (very much apparent in plan) played against a looser sensibility that a westerner like myself must read as picturesque; due to the topography and the presence of the lake, you get the axial sequences mostly in the oblique or in severe perspective, and the whole north side of the hill is experienced as winding paths leading to surprising reveals. It's considerably larger in scale than a Suzhou garden - again, the model is West Lake - and you'll be disappointed if you look for the Suzhou sense of intricacy and quiet little interpenetrations of space. But it's not at all uninteresting, and I do recommend it, despite Evan's dry observation that "December is not the best time to visit the Summer Palace."