Sala terrena
The Sala terrena (it. Sala terrena = ground floor hall), also called Sala Terrana or garden hall , is a hall on the ground floor , usually in the main axis of a castle or palace , and on the garden side. A Sala terrena creates a flowing transition to the garden, occasionally also a connection with the vestibule or the stairwell (e.g. Upper Belvedere , Vienna). Due to the ground level location, such rooms are rather cool and more suitable for summer stays.
The Sala terrena is typical of the palace construction of the 17th and 18th centuries. Concrete specifications for the decoration does not exist, but sometimes the hall with a decoration of shells and small stones was as Grottensaal created with fountains decorated, as in Pommersfelden castle in Castle Kremsier or Greinburg Castle on the Danube. Often, however, the decoration consists only of stucco and / or marble, as in the Würzburg Residence or Belvedere Palace in Vienna. Paintings with grotesques or fresco decorations also occur, as in the Sala terrenas of Altenburg Abbey or Jaroměřice Castle in South Moravia .
Sala terrena of the Würzburg Residence
Two-storey Sala terrena with decor made of Delft tiles and a fountain in Schloss Favorite near Rastatt
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Sala terrena with a painted trellis in Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou Castle , South Moravia
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literature
- Barbara Schock-Werner : Sala terrena. In: Horst Wolfgang Böhme , Reinhard Friedrich, Barbara Schock-Werner (Hrsg.): Dictionary of castles, palaces and fortresses. Philipp Reclam, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-15-010547-1 , p. 222, doi: 10.11588 / arthistoricum.535 .
