Poppelsdorf Palace, Bonn, Germany

The design of a new structure to replace the old ruined castle of Poppelsdorf commenced in 1715 at the request of the owner, Joseph Clemens, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, who engaged the French architect Robert de Cotte. Clemens wanted a maison de plaisance that would be near his remodeled Bonn Palace one-half mile to the north. There was to be a canal between the two, following the example of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon de Marbre.

Work came to a halt after Clemens' death in 1723, but his nephew and heir, Archbishop of Cologne Clemens August, undertook a second campaign of construction in 1745–1746.

Under the Prussian 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 simpler appearance from 1955 on.

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Seyed Adib (3 years ago)
It is awesome ?

Neha Joshi (3 years ago)
It's a nice place with a beautiful botanical garden surrounding the palace. It has a huge premise and definitely a picture worthy place. Currently under some construction work

Tobias S. (3 years ago)
Beautiful place to relax, meet some friends and have a beer in the front yard

Steven Bunner (3 years ago)
From the outside it looked really nice a pity that there were building works so we we unable to go inside.

Bianka Gorman (4 years ago)
Beautifull place

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