The Orangery by the Bober River
The Orangery by the Bober River.
Built in the purely neoclassical style between the years seventeen ninety-six and seventeen ninety-nine based on the design by Christian Valentin Schultze. The cornerstone laying ceremony took place on the twenty-third of May of the year seventeen ninety-six, and Prince Peter Biron personally participated in the event. Its length was seventy-five meters. Dismantled after the year nineteen forty-five, the orangery was located two hundred fifty meters southeast of the palace. In the year eighteen hundred four, the building was severely damaged by a massive devastating flood. Restored to use by Princess Wilhelmina. Neoclassical figural reliefs, works by Carl Josef Sartorio, were embedded into the front facade, originating from the then non-existent mausoleum of Peter Biron in the Upper Park. However, in the year eighteen hundred fifty-three, restoration works were carried out, after which, on the initiative of Princess Dorothea, the area was incorporated into the newly established Dutch Garden. Inside was a room covered with a false dome, supported by eight Corinthian columns set in pairs. During the reign of Princess Dorothea's son, Louis Napoleon, decorative boxes filled with all possible flowers from the princely horticulture were regularly placed in front of the orangery's facade, creating garlands, "seas," and "carpets" of flowers. A Flower Fountain was also erected, called a flower pot with an iron base, later rebuilt, shaped like a large blooming flower, which was later replaced by a Fountain with a Vase. In front of the orangery in the Dutch garden was the "Bell" fountain made after the year eighteen hundred fifty-three. The name derived from its shape and flowing water. On standing pedestals, bronze copies of the statues of Florentine Mercury, by Giovanni de Bologna, and Hebe by Anton Canova were placed. The area near the Dutch Garden with the Orangery by the Bober, close to Maria Island, was formerly reserved only for the use of the princess, her closest family, and guests. The Dutch Garden, where flowers of almost every kind grew, arranged in various compositions, depending on the season, in the form of baskets, boxes, cascades, or pyramids. Through a passage in a vine-covered gazebo, Maria Island was connected to a garden mimicking the old style of Dutch gardens, full of numerous paths sprinkled with white gravel, between floral compositions adorned with strings of glass beads, balls, shells, colorful stones, and decorative lamps. All these fantasies contributed to the park's popularity. Nearby by the Bober, there is a stylish Frog Fountain; you can still encounter it today and pat it for luck. Beautifully restored after the renovation.
Built in the purely neoclassical style between the years seventeen ninety-six and seventeen ninety-nine based on the design by Christian Valentin Schultze. The cornerstone laying ceremony took place on the twenty-third of May of the year seventeen ninety-six, and Prince Peter Biron personally participated in the event. Its length was seventy-five meters. Dismantled after the year nineteen forty-five, the orangery was located two hundred fifty meters southeast of the palace. In the year eighteen hundred four, the building was severely damaged by a massive devastating flood. Restored to use by Princess Wilhelmina. Neoclassical figural reliefs, works by Carl Josef Sartorio, were embedded into the front facade, originating from the then non-existent mausoleum of Peter Biron in the Upper Park. However, in the year eighteen hundred fifty-three, restoration works were carried out, after which, on the initiative of Princess Dorothea, the area was incorporated into the newly established Dutch Garden. Inside was a room covered with a false dome, supported by eight Corinthian columns set in pairs. During the reign of Princess Dorothea's son, Louis Napoleon, decorative boxes filled with all possible flowers from the princely horticulture were regularly placed in front of the orangery's facade, creating garlands, "seas," and "carpets" of flowers. A Flower Fountain was also erected, called a flower pot with an iron base, later rebuilt, shaped like a large blooming flower, which was later replaced by a Fountain with a Vase. In front of the orangery in the Dutch garden was the "Bell" fountain made after the year eighteen hundred fifty-three. The name derived from its shape and flowing water. On standing pedestals, bronze copies of the statues of Florentine Mercury, by Giovanni de Bologna, and Hebe by Anton Canova were placed. The area near the Dutch Garden with the Orangery by the Bober, close to Maria Island, was formerly reserved only for the use of the princess, her closest family, and guests. The Dutch Garden, where flowers of almost every kind grew, arranged in various compositions, depending on the season, in the form of baskets, boxes, cascades, or pyramids. Through a passage in a vine-covered gazebo, Maria Island was connected to a garden mimicking the old style of Dutch gardens, full of numerous paths sprinkled with white gravel, between floral compositions adorned with strings of glass beads, balls, shells, colorful stones, and decorative lamps. All these fantasies contributed to the park's popularity. Nearby by the Bober, there is a stylish Frog Fountain; you can still encounter it today and pat it for luck. Beautifully restored after the renovation.