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Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam: the Chinese Tea House in the Park

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Buring, Johann Gottfried (1723-1788)
NOTES: Sanssouci was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Built above a terraced vineyard in 1745-1747, it is essentially a single-storey villa, containing ten principal rooms. The creation of the Park, organised around several buildings, began soon after the completion of the palace.

Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam: one of the Chinese figures by Benkert and Heymueller at the base of the palm tree columns of the Chinese Tea House

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Benkert, Johann Peter (1709-1765)
NOTES: Sanssouci was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Built above a terraced vineyard in 1745-1747, it is essentially a single-storey villa, containing ten principal rooms. The creation of the Park, organised around several buildings, began soon after the completion of the palace.The Chinese House was designed by Johann Gottfried Buring in 1755-1757.

Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam: the entrance to the Chinese Tea House in the Park

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Buring, Johann Gottfried (1723-1788)
NOTES: Sanssouci was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Built above a terraced vineyard in 1745-1747, it is essentially a single-storey villa, containing ten principal rooms. The creation of the Park, organised around several buildings, began soon after the completion of the palace.

Tea house, Charles James Fox's estate, St Ann's Hill, Chertsey, Surrey: detail of window

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NOTES: The tea house dates from the late 18th century.

Nijo Castle, Kyoto: the Koun-tei (teahouse) on one of the lakes

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NOTES: The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace and various ancilliary buildings, gardens and moat. Construction began in 1601 and was completed in 1626. It was built as the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns.
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