Gloriette
A Gloriette is a building in a garden, which is located on an elevated position compared to the surroundings. The construction and design can be very different, often in the form of a pavilion or tempietto that is more or less open on the sides .
Probably the best known and largest is the Gloriette in the palace gardens of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna . The Kleine Gloriette is located nearby .
Other structures designated as "Gloriette" are or were:
- above Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt (Burgenland, Austria)
- in Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau (Germany)
- in the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel (Germany)
- on the Bassinplatz in Potsdam (Germany), demolished in 1945/46
- Trogir (Croatia)
- in Karlsbad (Czech Republic)
- Maiers-Gloriette, Fertőboz (Hungary)
- in the park of the Brukenthal Palace in Avrig (Romania)
- in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris (France)
- Portmeirion (North Wales)
- Garden of the Schönborn Palace (Prague) in the Czech Republic
- Klínovec lookout point (built in 1838, burnt down in 1868)
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