Drottningholm Palace

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UNESCO World Heritage Site royal palace tourist attraction

Drottningholm Palace is a well-preserved 17th-century royal residence near Stockholm and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, serving as the private home of the Swedish royal family.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → royal palace → tourist attraction →
architect	Nicodemus Tessin the Elder → Nicodemus Tessin the Younger →
architecturalStyle	Baroque architecture →
built	17th century →
category	Buildings and structures in Stockholm County → Palaces in Sweden → Royal residences in Sweden → World Heritage Sites in Sweden →
constructionEnd	late 17th century →
constructionStart	1662 →
country	Sweden →
currentTenants	Swedish royal family →
function	royal residence →
hasCulturalPropertyStatus	state monument of national interest →
hasPart	Baroque garden → Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm → Drottningholm Palace Park → Drottningholm Palace Theatre → English landscape garden →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
languageOfOfficialName	Swedish →
locatedIn	Drottningholm → Ekerö Municipality → Lake Mälaren → Stockholm County →
locatedNear	Stockholm →
locatedOn	Lovön Island →
managedBy	The National Property Board of Sweden →
namedAfter	Queen Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp →
nearbyCity	Stockholm →
openToPublic	yes →
owner	The Swedish State →
predecessorBuilding	Drottningholm Castle →
predecessorBuildingDestroyedBy	fire of 1661 →
significance	best-preserved royal castle built in Sweden in the 17th century → influenced by French Baroque architecture →
SwedishName	Drottningholms slott →
touristVisitsPerYear	hundreds of thousands →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) → (iv) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageOfficialName	The Royal Domain of Drottningholm →
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Europe and North America →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	559 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed	1991 →
usedAs	private residence of the Swedish royal family →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden → Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden → King of Sweden → Louisa Ulrika of Prussia →	residence
Ekerö Municipality ("Drottningholm Palace Theatre") →	hasAttraction
Ekerö Municipality →	hasHeritageSite
Lake Mälaren →	hasHistoricalSiteOnShore
Stockholm →	hasLandmark
Drottningholm Palace ("Drottningholm Palace Theatre") →	hasPart
Ekerö Municipality →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Drottningholm Palace ("Drottningholm") →	locatedIn
Princess Margaret of Connaught →	notableResidence
Drottningholm Palace ("Drottningholm Castle") →	predecessorBuilding
Drottningholm Palace ("Drottningholms slott") →	SwedishName
Drottningholm Palace ("The Royal Domain of Drottningholm") →	UNESCOWorldHeritageOfficialName