Schloss Poppelsdorf
Poppelsdorf Palace (German: ''Poppelsdorfer Schloss'') is a Baroque building in the Poppelsdorf district of Bonn, western Germany, which is now part of the University of Bonn. Design and construction The design of a new structure to replace the old ruined castle of Poppelsdorf commenced in 1715 at the request of the owner, Joseph Clemens, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, who engaged the French architect Robert de Cotte. Clemens wanted a '' maison de plaisance'' that would be near his remodeled Bonn Palace to the north. There was to be a canal between the two, following the example of the Palace of Versailles and the Trianon de Marbre The Grand Trianon () is a French Baroque architecture, French Baroque style château situated in the northwestern part of the Palace of Versailles, Domain of Versailles in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, France. It was built at the request of K ....Neuman 1994, pp. 83–86. De Cotte himself never travelled to Bonn to inspect the site, and on ...
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