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Drottningholm

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  • Drottningholm palace
    Nicodemus Tessin, the Elder

    …in Sweden, the palace at Drottningholm (1662–86), was commissioned by the dowager queen Hedvig Eleonora. It shows French Baroque influences in its plan, gardens, and interior, but it also has Italian Classical elements and is capped by the peculiarly Nordic sateri roof. Tessin’s other principal works are the cathedral at…

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    …in Sweden, the palace at Drottningholm (1662–86), was commissioned by the dowager queen Hedvig Eleonora. It shows French Baroque influences in its plan, gardens, and interior, but it also has Italian Classical elements and is capped by the peculiarly Nordic sateri roof. Tessin’s other principal works are the cathedral at…

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