Titanias Palace

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Titania's Palace is a 1:12 scale miniature dollhouse that Sir Neville Wilkinson designed and furnished with thousands of tiny works of art from around the world.

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The painter and former officer Sir Neville Wilkinson built this palace together with craftsmen for his daughter Guendolen. She believed she had seen elves in the garden and was convinced that they lived in underground caves. She asked her father to build a beautiful house for these elves, whereupon Sir Neville used every free time to give the elf queen Titania and her prince consort Oberon and their seven children a new home.

It took 15 years to build and design the palace and collect art treasures from around the world. On July 6, 1922, Queen Mary's palace was opened and opened to visitors.

Furnishing

The mahogany palace has a rectangular floor plan and is almost 3 m long, 0.5 m wide and 1.6 m high. It consists of 18 rooms with thousands of miniatures, such as a 3000 year old enamel horse that was found in a mummy, a playable organ in the chapel or Titania's millimeter-sized jewelry. Since the palace is composed of several parts, it could be safely packed for transport to other countries. It has been shown in more than 160 cities, including the United States and Australia. The money raised went to children's aid organizations.

Others

Titania's palace changed hands several times until it was bought by the Lego company at Christie's in London in 1978 . After some restoration work, it was again open to the public from 1980 to 2007 in the Danish Legoland in Billund . Since then it can be viewed at Egeskov Castle on the island of Funen .

Tara's Palace, modeled on Titania's palace, can be visited at Tara's Palace - Museum of childhood near Enniskerry .

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