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Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) is a Baroque-style '' maison de plaisance'' (pleasure palace) in Benrath, which is now a borough of
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. It was erected for the Elector Palatine 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 Pal ...
, by his garden and building director Nicolas de Pigage. Construction began in 1755 and was completed in 1770. The ensemble at Benrath has been proposed for designation as a
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.


Buildings

The main building, the central ''
corps de logis In architecture, a ''corps de logis'' () is the principal block of a large, (usually classical), mansion or palace. It contains the principal rooms, state apartments and an entry.Curl, James Stevens (2006). ''Oxford Dictionary of Architecture ...
'', 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 was a room or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences of Northern Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very larg ...
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Museums

The main building ''
corps de logis In architecture, a ''corps de logis'' () is the principal block of a large, (usually classical), mansion or palace. It contains the principal rooms, state apartments and an entry.Curl, James Stevens (2006). ''Oxford Dictionary of Architecture ...
'' 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. File:Orangerie Düsseldorf-Benrath.JPG, The old
Orangery An orangery or orangerie was a room or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences of Northern Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very larg ...


See also

* List of Baroque residences


References


Schloss Benrath official website


External links

* Houses completed in 1770 Buildings and structures in Düsseldorf Benrath Tourist attractions in Düsseldorf Rococo architecture in Germany Museums in Düsseldorf Parks in Germany Natural history museums in Germany Historic house museums in Germany Gardens in North Rhine-Westphalia Water castles in North Rhine-Westphalia 1770 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub