Poppelsdorf Palace
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Poppelsdorf Palace is a Baroque palace
style in the district Poppelsdorf of Bonn
, western Germany
. It was constructed from 1715 till 1746, under design by the Frenchman Robert de Cotte. The palace was owned by the Archbishop of Cologne Clemens August.
Under the Prussia
n rule, in 1818 the Palace and the nearby Park became part of the University of Bonn
. In the same year the Park was converted to the Botanical Garden of Bonn
, which today contains about 0.5 hectares of greenhouse area with eleven greenhouses and about 8.000 different plants.
In 1944 the Palace was heavily damaged by an Allied air attack. It has been rebuilt in a much more simple appearance from 1955 on.
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
style in the district Poppelsdorf of Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, western Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was constructed from 1715 till 1746, under design by the Frenchman Robert de Cotte. The palace was owned by the Archbishop of Cologne Clemens August.
Under the Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...
n rule, in 1818 the Palace and the nearby Park became part of the University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
. In the same year the Park was converted to the Botanical Garden of Bonn
Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
The Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , also known as the Botanischer Garten Bonn, is a botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the University of Bonn...
, which today contains about 0.5 hectares of greenhouse area with eleven greenhouses and about 8.000 different plants.
In 1944 the Palace was heavily damaged by an Allied air attack. It has been rebuilt in a much more simple appearance from 1955 on.