Chinese pavilion at Drottningholm
King Adolf Fredrik surprised Queen Lovisa Ulrika on her birthday in 1753 with a small Chinese pleasure palace in the Drottningholm Palace park It was a highly appreciated birthday present as chinoiserie was all the rage in Europe at the time The original wooden building was replaced in the 1760s by a more permanent one which today contains one of the finest European rococo interiors with chinoiserie
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Keywords: chinese, chinoiserie, cultural, drottningholm, europe, heritage, horizontal, kinaslott, palace, park, pavilion, pleasure, spring, summer, sweden, swedish, travel, unesco
