Sunday, November 26, 2017

Drottningholm Palace - the Royal Garden

I didn't mention it in the previous post but Drottningholm and its gardens are a UNESCO site. Ok, now on to the gardens. The palace gardens are immense - they include a Chinese pavilion, English and Baroque gardens.You can get sense of the size of the gardens from this picture. . .


While October is not the best time of year to visit gardens, they were still impressive to see!




On they way to the Chinese pavilion there is a tent for the royal guards.


The first pavilion was finished in time for Queen Lovisa Ulrika's birthday on 24 July 1753. The pavilion was a surprise gift to the Queen from King Adolf Frederick. 






Actually, the pictures you are seeing are not the original building. It was built so quickly it ended up falling apart in the Swedish climate and the second building was completed in 1769 and has stood the test of time.





I continued to wander through the rest of the gardens until I made it back to the beginning!










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