Drottningholm Palace stands on an island in Lake Mälaren, just outside Stockholm, and is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. It was begun in the 1660s for Queen Hedvig Eleonora after an earlier palace burned, and was designed by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, then continued by his son, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. Modeled on the Palace of Versailles in France, it has formal gardens and a baroque interior. The grounds also contain a theatre from the 18th century with its original stage machinery, and a Chinese pavilion. UNESCO placed the palace and its grounds on the World Heritage List in 1991.
Before and after
- from 13 August 1695 to 15 August 1695Bombardment of Brussels
- 11 July 1696Founding of Academy of Arts, Berlin
- 10 November 1697Birth of William Hogarth
- 1698Founding of London Stock Exchange
- 1699Construction of Drottningholm Palace
- 26 January 1699Treaty of Karlowitz
- from 17th century to 19th centuryAge of Enlightenment
- 17th centuryRise of ukiyo-e
- 17th centuryFounding of Amsterdam Stock Exchange
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