One of the former homes of the Guinness family Visitors to St Anne’s will be able to step back into history and to stroll through the parkland landscape that was once a rural estate on the perimeter of the city. The layout of St Anne’s is typical 17th century English park land design with rolling…
A Baroque garden with terraces, parterres and a high surrounding wall was created on the instructions of Landgrave Karl (1654 – 1730) from 1685 onwards around Schloss Haydau, a former convent which later passed into the possession of the landgraves. It was possible to look out over the landscape of the Fulda river plain from…
A “Gesamtkunstwerk” of Palace and Park The former landgravian pleasure and hunting palace of Wilhelmsthal is one of the most important architectural monuments in the North Hesse region and among the most significant surviving rococo artistic creations in Germany. Some of the most outstanding 18th-century artists worked on the construction of the palace and the…
Tatton Park is one of Cheshire’s most famous tourist sites. Although owned by the National Trust, this beautiful manor house and estate is currently managed by Cheshire County Council. This impressive estate was itself in existence as far back as the publication of the Domesday Book in 1066. However, the spectacular gardens that can be…
Merrion Square Park is situated on the south side of Dublin City centre and is considered one of the City’s finest Georgian squares. Construction of the Georgian houses that provide the adjacent urban perimeter of the park began in the 1760’s. The park was originally private, open only to residents of the Georgian square. The…
A “Gesamtkunstwerk” of Architecture, Garden Design and Landscape Located on the eastern slope of the Habichtswald, Wilhelmshöhe hill park is a combination of a Baroque garden and an extensive landscape park. The hill park, which boasts famous water features and is crowned by a large sculpture of Hercules, has been Kassel’s main attraction for three…
A lost garden of the 17th century revived Het Loo was planned and created from 1686 onwards as a Gesamtkunstwerk combining a palace and baroque garden. The high level of the water table and the numerous natural springs in the area favoured the construction of fountains, canals and water features. Various fruit trees such as…
The Upper Castle can be found at the top of the Siegberg, a small hill. This spot offers a variety of views of the city of Siegen and its historical core. The castle park stretches out around the 15th-century castle and features a large number of contemporary sculptures. The municipal castle park is a popular…
In 1810, the Melaten cemetery in west Cologne was inaugurated. During the 19th century the new cemetery developed into the most important burial ground in Cologne and had to be extended several times. The design was in keeping with a classical style. The graves were arranged in a grid pattern and the paths ran parallel…
In 1889, the Volksgarten park was opened presenting vast lawns for play and recuperation in a gently modelled landscape with undulating hills and valleys. The optical centre of this landscaped park is a big boat pond with a curvy shoreline that forms many little bays. The trees and bushes were planted along the shoreline in…