SCHLOSS CHARLOTTENBURG, Schlossgärten
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Language: English / USA
To the north of Charlottenburg is a huge park, a favorite haunt with the locals for walks and picnics.
Part of this enormous open space is laid out in the formal garden style of the French, based on symmetry and embellished with sculptures and water features, while another part is in the style of an English park, with a less rigid, more natural layout, although also carefully tended.
The first part of the park was designed in 1697, and at the time was the first garden à la française created in Germany. Later, at the beginning of the 19th century, the landscape architect, Peter Joseph Lenné, extended the Schlossgarten by adding the English-style area, planted with trees and featuring pathways leading to ponds, lawns and meadows.
Hidden away in this vast expanse of lush nature is the austere Mausoleum, the stylish New Pavilion and the delightful Belvedere....