The story
Story · The Chinese Pavilion
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You're standing at the Chinese Pavilion, in the park of the royal estate of Drottningholm. Swedes call it Kina slott. Start with those lacquer-red walls and the sculpted ornaments on the façade. Whoever designed this clearly knew how Chinese buildings looked. Yet the structure itself is thoroughly European, rococo dressed up in exotic clothes. Notice how the side wings join the main building through a row of curved rooms?
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