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3. Justification for Inscription
of the Baroque garden, the basic
structure and the cascade garden with its
design elements survive, as do the defining
features of the landscape garden including the
dendrologically valuable trees and shrubs.
Summary
The intended function as a residence
determines the large number of courtiers’
apartments and administrative buildings.
The large palace is clearly separated from
the town. The Baroque execution of the
monumental original design was simplified
and remained incomplete. The two gardening
styles are clearly separated.
Bibliography
Marie Luise Gothein: Geschichte der Gartenkunst, vl. 2.
Jena 1926.
Derek Clifford: Geschichte der Gartenkunst. München 1966.
Manfred Wundram (ed.): Reclams Kunstführer Italien, vl. 6.
Stuttgart 1971.
Cesare de Seta: Der Garten des Palazzo Reale in Caserta.
In: Monique Mosser, Georges Teyssot: Die Gartenkunst des
Abendlandes. Stuttgart 1993.
Christian Hlavac: Gärten und Parks unter dem Schutz der
UNESCO-Welterbekonvention. In: Die Gartenkunst, 2/1999,
p. 390-393.
Drottningholm Palace
Basic Facts
Location: Sweden, city of Stockholm
Historical outline: 1580 Under Johann III
of Sweden a palace is built by Willem Boy
on the island of Lovön in Mälar Lake; 1653
construction of a new palace on the shore,
garden planned by Jean de la Vallée; 1661-
1681 after the destruction of the palace a new
one is built under Queen Hedwig Eleonora
of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, by Nicodemus
Tessin the elder; 1681-1700 laying out of a
Baroque garden by Nicodemus Tessin the
younger; 1750s addition of a small theatre; c.
1753 construction of a small “Chinese Palace”
outside the Baroque garden, commissioned by
King Adolf Frederik and built by Carl Fredrik
Adelcrantz, and laying out of a garden with
aviaries and pheasant houses, construction
of a menagerie; 1760 replacement of the
“Chinese Palace” with a stone building,
bosquets with aviaries and a latticework
pavilion are laid out nearby, further work
done in Rococo style, outside the garden the
“Kanton” houses are built for the manufacture
of silk; 1762-66 construction of a new theatre;
from 1777 a romantic landscape garden is laid
out in the southern part of the palace gardens
for King Gustav III by Fredrik Magnus Piper;
in the course of the 19th-century the garden
becomes neglected and overgrown; in the
1950s reconstruction of the Baroque garden
from the 1723 plans; from 1960 restoration
under Gustav VI; from 1982 residence of the
Swedish royal family; 1991 inscription on the
UNESCO World Heritage list.