Pillnitz Castle

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Pillnitz Castle is a former royal summer palace and pleasure ground on the banks of the Elbe near Dresden, renowned for its Baroque and Chinoiserie architecture and extensive landscaped gardens.

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Label Occurrences
Pillnitz Castle canonical 1
Pillnitz Castle (Kunstgewerbemuseum) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle
historic house
palace
tourist attraction
architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann NERFINISHED
Zacharias Longuelune NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Chinoiserie
category Castles in Saxony
Gardens in Germany
Palaces in Saxony
country Germany NERFINISHED
hasMuseum Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden branch NERFINISHED
hasPart Bergpalais NERFINISHED
Chinese garden elements
English landscape garden
Neues Palais NERFINISHED
Pillnitz Palace Park NERFINISHED
Wasserpalais NERFINISHED
camellia house
formal gardens
orangery
vineyard terraces
heritageDesignation cultural heritage monument in Saxony
inception around 1720
locatedIn Dresden NERFINISHED
Pillnitz NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Free State of Saxony NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedNear Dresden NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Elbe NERFINISHED
managedBy Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen NERFINISHED
notableFeature combination of Baroque and East Asian motifs
extensive landscaped gardens
historic camellia tree
riverside terraces on the Elbe
openToPublic true
originalFunction pleasure palace for the House of Wettin
summer palace of the Electors of Saxony
ownedBy Free State of Saxony NERFINISHED
partOf Dresden Elbe Valley cultural landscape NERFINISHED
patron Augustus II the Strong NERFINISHED
significantEvent Pillnitz Declaration NERFINISHED
meeting of Emperor Leopold II and King Frederick William II in 1791
startDate 18th century
usedFor museum
pleasure ground
public park
royal residence
summer residence

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King of Saxony residence Pillnitz Castle
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden hasExhibitionSite Pillnitz Castle
this entity surface form: Pillnitz Castle (Kunstgewerbemuseum)