Kina slott
| Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm | |
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The Chinese Pavilion, northern facade, 2016.
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| Location | Ekerö Municipality, Svealand, Sweden. |
| Coordinates | 59°19′01″N 17°52′43″E / 59.31694°N 17.87861°ECoordinates: 59°19′01″N 17°52′43″E / 59.31694°N 17.87861°E |
| Area | 800 m2 (8,600 sq ft) |
| Built | First pavilion 1753 |
| Demolished | 1763 |
| Rebuilt | Second pavilion and expansion 1763–1769 |
| Architect | Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz |
| Architectural style(s) | Chinese inspired rococo |
| Visitors | 42,000 (in 2010) |
| Official name: Part of the Royal Domain of Drottningholm | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Designated | 1991 (15th session) |
| Reference no. | 559 |
| Country | Sweden |
| Region | Europe and North America |
The Chinese Pavilion (Swedish: Kina slott), located in the grounds of the Drottningholm Palace park, is a Chinese-inspired royal pavilion originally built between 1753–1769. The pavilion is currently one of Sweden's Royal Palaces and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The first building was a simple pavilion with two wings in Chinese style. The buildings were prefabricated at Arsenalsgatan in Stockholm. They were made in the log cabin technique and shipped to Drottningholm where they were assembled. The architects were probably Carl Hårleman and Carl Johan Cronstedt. Everything was finished and in place in time for Queen Lovisa Ulrika's birthday on 24 July 1753. The pavilion was a surprise gift to the Queen from King Adolf Frederick. At the presentation, she received the gold key to the castle from the young Crown Prince Gustav (later King Gustav III), seven years old, dressed as a Chinese mandarin.
In a letter to her mother, Queen Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, the Queen wrote:
Having been built in haste and secrecy, the small castle did not endure the harsh Swedish climate. After ten years, rot had begun to attack the wooden frame and the king and queen commissioned Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz to create a new and bigger pavilion made from more durable materials.
The second and current structure replaced the old wooden pavilion from 1753. Designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, construction began in 1763 and was completed in 1769.
The royal court’s chief supervisor, Jean Eric Rehn, led the interior design work. The architecture is essentially rococo and was intended to have an exotic character, containing Chinese elements, which were considered the height of fashion at the time.
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