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Oriental Building

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    April 15, 2022

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    The stately castle was built for Margrave Friedrich and his wife Wilhelmine in 1746-1747 according to plans by Josef Saint-Pierre.
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    May 28, 2025

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    "It's without parallel!" – "This is without equal!" a lady-in-waiting to Margrave Frederick is said to have exclaimed when she saw the bizarre rock formation in the beech grove not far from Zwernitz Castle. In this extraordinary landscape, the Oriental Building and the kitchen building opposite, which served as a venue for festivities at the Bayreuth court, were built between 1744 and 1748 according to plans by the court architect Joseph St. Pierre. These two buildings are grouped around a detached garden parterre, which was reconstructed in 1984 based on a copperplate engraving from 1748.
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    October 3, 2022

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    nice building - nice to look at
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