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The Chinese Pavilion
Sweden, Sweden
The Chinese Pavilion (Kina Slott) is a stunning rococo summer palace located in the expansive park of Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Built between 1763 and 1769 by architect Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz as a replacement for an earlier 1753 wooden structure gifted by King Adolf Fredrik to Queen Lovisa Ulrika on her birthday, it captures 18th-century European chinoiserie fascination with Chinese motifs through golden roofs, pagoda-like towers, and lavish interiors adorned with silk wallpapers, lacquer screens, porcelain from the Swedish East India Company, and exotic furnishings.
Open seasonally for guided tours, it evokes a mythical "fairy tale palace" blending Swedish Rococo elegance with imported Asian luxury, surrounded by mulberry groves once intended for silkworm breeding.
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KINA SLOTT 3, 178 93 Drottningholm, Sweden
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