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Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) is a
Orangerie Düsseldorf-Benrath.JPG, The old
Schloss Benrath official website
Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) is a Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
-style ''maison de plaisance
In Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Early Modern German architecture, a ''Lustschloss'' (, both meaning "pleasure palace") is a country house, château, or palace which served the private pleasure of its owner, and was seasonally inh ...
'' (pleasure palace) in Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
. It was erected for the Elector Palatine
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Charles Theodor and his wife, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach
Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (Elisabeth Auguste; 17 January 1721 – 17 August 1794) was the eldest granddaughter of the Elector of the Palatinate Charles III Philip, and by her marriage to Elector Palatine Charles IV Theodore, Electress P ...
, by his garden and building director Nicolas de Pigage
Nicolas de Pigage (3 August 1723 – 30 July 1796) was a French builder.
Pigage was born in Lunéville. His father was a stonemason. In 1743 he began his studies at the École Militaire, changing to the Académie Royale d'Architecture aft ...
. Construction began in 1755 and was completed in 1770. The ensemble at Benrath has been proposed for designation as a UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.
Buildings
The main building, the central ''corps de logis
In architecture, a ''corps de logis'' () is the principal or main block, or central building of a mansion, country or manor house, castle, or palace. It contains the rooms of principal business, the state apartments and the ceremonial or formal ...
'', for the Elector Palatine and his wife is flanked by two arched symmetrical wings, the ''maisons de cavalière'', which originally housed the servants. They partially surround a circular pond, the ''Schlossweiher'' (palace pond), in the north. On the southside lies a long rectangular pond, the ''Spiegelweiher'' (mirror pond). From the predescant castle, which stood formerly in the mid of the long rectangular pond on the southside of the palace, is conserved only one of the servant wings, the so-called ''Alte Orangerie'' (Old Orangery
An orangery or orangerie is a room or dedicated building, historically where orange and other fruit trees are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. In the modern day an orangery could refer to either ...
).
Museums
The main building ''corps de logis
In architecture, a ''corps de logis'' () is the principal or main block, or central building of a mansion, country or manor house, castle, or palace. It contains the rooms of principal business, the state apartments and the ceremonial or formal ...
'' is a museum with guided tours. Sometimes music concerts are also performed. The two wings house two museums since 2002: the ''Museum for European Garden Art'' in the east wing and the ''Museum of Natural History'' in the west wing.
Park
It is surrounded by a Baroque square hunting park with two crossing diagonal alleys and a circular alley.Orangery
An orangery or orangerie is a room or dedicated building, historically where orange and other fruit trees are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. In the modern day an orangery could refer to either ...
Aerial image of Schloss Benrath (view from the east).jpg, Aerial view of the northern and eastern part of the park, including the Orangery and the French Garden
See also
*List of Baroque residences
This is a list of Baroque architecture, Baroque palaces and Residenz, residences built in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque, Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe ...
References
Schloss Benrath official website
External links
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