Letohrádek

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The Summer Palace at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic, featuring a green copper roof, arched colonnade, formal garden with trimmed hedges, potted flowers, and a central fountain.

Letohrádek

building, Prague, Czech Republic

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…more Classical, such as the Letohrádek (1538–63), or garden belvedere (summerhouse), at Prague for Queen Anne, wife of Ferdinand I, with its delicate exterior arcade. The nearby tennis court (1565–68), designed by Bonifaz Wolmut, is in a heavier classicism expressed by the alternation of engaged Ionic half columns with deeply…
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…more Classical, such as the Letohrádek (1538–63), or garden belvedere (summerhouse), at Prague for Queen Anne, wife of Ferdinand I, with its delicate exterior arcade. The nearby tennis court (1565–68), designed by Bonifaz Wolmut, is in a heavier classicism expressed by the alternation of engaged Ionic half columns with deeply…
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