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An orangery or orangerie is a room or dedicated building, historically where orange and other fruit trees are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. [1] In the modern day an orangery could refer to either a conservatory or greenhouse built to house fruit trees, or a conservatory or greenhouse meant for ...
The Orangery (or Orangehouse, Polish: Oranżeria, Polish pronunciation: [ɔranʐɛrʲa]) is a building designed by Jakub Fontana, [1] that was completed between 1760 to 1763, [2] [3] and is part of the palace and park complex in Radzyń Podlaski, Poland.
The Orangery Palace (German: Orangerieschloss) is a palace located in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam, Germany. It is also known as the New Orangery on the Klausberg , or just the Orangery . It was built on behest of the "Romantic on the Throne", King Friedrich Wilhelm IV ( Frederick William IV of Prussia ) from 1851 to 1864.
Nearby buildings include the Dresden State Theatre to the southwest, the Haus am Zwinger to the south, the Taschenbergpalais hotel to the southeast, the west wing of the palace with its Green Vault to the east, the Altstädtische Hauptwache to the northeast, the Semper Opera to the north and the former royal stables to the northwest.
The Orangery (Czech: Oranžérie), more specifically the New Orangery, is a modern greenhouse in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle, Czechia. It was built between 1999 and 2001 on the site of the former renaissance orangery. It is located next to the Ball Game Hall, on the edge of the Deer Moat.
The orangery in 2008. Milnes' Orangery is a historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England. In about 1752, the cloth manufacturer Pemberton Milnes built a house on Westgate, later known as Pemberton House. [1] In 1795, his daughter, Mary Milnes, the Dowager Viscountess of Galway, inherited the house.
The widely-discussed design of the new, modern building of the National Library by Neo-Futurist architect Jan Kaplický, remained only on paper. Among the successful contemporary Czech architects is Eva Jiřičná, who designed, for example, the Orangery at Prague Castle, Zlín Congress Centre and other buildings abroad.
In France, the first orangery was built and stocked by Charles VIII at the Château d'Amboise. [3] There is general agreement that the arrival of the sweet orange in Europe was linked with the activities of the Portuguese during the 15th century, and particularly by Vasco de Gama's voyages to the East.