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Schloss Richmond

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Richmond Castle ('Schloss Richmond') is a castle built from 1768 to 1769 in Braunschweig, Germany for Princess (later Duchess) Augusta, wife of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. [1]

40 relations: Avant-corps, Baluster, Baroque, Braunschweig, Brewery, Capability Brown, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Corps de logis, Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, English landscape garden, Entablature, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Facade, Feldschlösschen, Friedrich Gerstäcker, Germany, Google, Gründerzeit, Heidberg-Melverode, Landscape painting, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Mezzanine, Northern Germany, Oker, Parapet, Pedestal, Perron (staircase), Pilaster, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Rheinfelden, Richmond Park, Roof lantern, Royal Parks of London, SketchUp, State room, Switzerland, University of Hamburg, William, Duke of Brunswick, Wolfenbüttel, World War II.

Avant-corps

An avant-corps (Risalit, avancorpo) refers to a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the corps de logis, usually over the full height of the building.

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Baluster

A baluster—also called spindle or stair stick—is a moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, cut from a rectangular or square plank, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, standing on a unifying footing, and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century.

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Braunschweig

Braunschweig (Low German: Brunswiek), also called Brunswick in English, is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river which connects it to the North Sea via the Aller and Weser rivers.

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Brewery

A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.

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Capability Brown

Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known with the byname Capability Brown, was an English landscape architect.

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Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg und Fürst von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) (9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806), was ruler of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and a military leader.

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Corps de logis

Corps de logis is an architectural term referring to the principal block of a large, usually classical, mansion or palace.

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Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm

The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, also known as the English Grounds of Wörlitz, is one of the first and largest English parks in Germany and continental Europe.

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English landscape garden

The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (Jardin à l'anglaise, Giardino all'inglese, Englischer Landschaftsgarten, Jardim inglês, Jardín inglés), is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical jardin à la française of the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe.

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Entablature

An entablature (nativization of Italian intavolatura, from in "in" and tavola "table") is the superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals.

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Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick

Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George; Ernst August Christian Georg; 17 November 1887 – 30 January 1953), reigning Duke of Brunswick (2 November 1913 – 8 November 1918), was a grandson of George V of Hanover, whom the Prussians deposed in 1866, and Christian IX of Denmark.

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Facade

A facade (also façade) is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front.

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Feldschlösschen

Feldschlösschen can refer to two different brands of beer, produced in breweries located in 1) Dresden, Germany, see 2) Rheinfelden, Switzerland The latter is the biggest brewery in Switzerland and was founded in 1876. It bought out Cardinal in 1991. It was bought by Carlsberg in 2000. The brewery is in the shape of a castle and Feldschlösschen means 'small castle in the fields' in German. The following brands are produced.

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Friedrich Gerstäcker

Friedrich Gerstäcker (May 10, 1816 in Hamburg – May 31, 1872 in Braunschweig) was a German traveler and novelist.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

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Gründerzeit

Gründerzeit (literally: “founders’ period”) was the economic phase in 19th-century Germany and Austria before the great stock market crash of 1873.

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Heidberg-Melverode

Heidberg-Melverode is a Stadtbezirk (city district) in the southern part of Braunschweig, Germany.

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Landscape painting

Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of landscapes in art – natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view – with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, England, forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames.

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Mezzanine

A mezzanine (or in French, an entresol) is, strictly speaking, an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building.

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Northern Germany

Northern Germany (Norddeutschland) is the region in the north of Germany whose exact area is not precisely or consistently defined.

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Oker

The Oker is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, that has historically formed an important political boundary.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Pedestal

A pedestal (from French piédestal, Italian piedistallo, "foot of a stall") or plinth is the support of a statue or a vase.

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Perron (staircase)

A perron in architecture generally refers to an external stairway to a building.

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Pilaster

The pilaster is an architectural element in classical architecture used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function.

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Princess Augusta of Great Britain

Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain (31 July 1737 – 23 March 1813) was a British princess, granddaughter of King George II and the only elder sibling of King George III.

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Rheinfelden

Rheinfelden (Rhyfälde) is a municipality in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, seat of the district of Rheinfelden.

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Richmond Park

Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park.

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Roof lantern

A roof lantern is a daylighting architectural element.

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Royal Parks of London

The Royal Parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation, mostly hunting, of the royal family.

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SketchUp

SketchUp, formerly Google Sketchup, is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design.

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State room

A state room in a large European mansion is usually one of a suite of very grand rooms which were designed to impress.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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University of Hamburg

The University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a comprehensive university in Hamburg, Germany.

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William, Duke of Brunswick

William (Wilhelm August Ludwig Maximilian Friedrich; 25 April 1806 in Brunswick, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – 18 October 1884 in Sibyllenort, Silesia, Prussia), Duke of Brunswick, was ruling duke of the Duchy of Brunswick from 1830 until his death.

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Wolfenbüttel

Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Richmond

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