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Orangery & Küchengarten
The Küchengarten was laid out in 1729 as a Baroque pleasure garden on a French model. The orangery with its curved semicircle followed in 1729–1732.
Orangeries sheltered delicate plants such as citrus trees through the winter. Today the Gera art collection shows paintings and prints here.
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Orangery & Küchengarten.
The Küchengarten was laid out in 1729 as a Baroque pleasure garden on a French model. The orangery with its curved semicircle followed in 1729–1732.
Orangeries sheltered delicate plants such as citrus trees through the winter. Today the Gera art collection shows paintings and prints here.
Look for: The symmetry of the semicircle – best seen from the middle of the garden.
The symmetry of the semicircle – best seen from the middle of the garden.
Riddle
What were orangeries originally built for?
You are playing without a team. With a team you collect points and solve your secret word.
Play as a team and collect pointsSymmetry and reflections.
Photo gallery
Orangery & Küchengarten
Exterior views, interiors and historic images — open any photo to see it larger.
Current viewMichael Mertens · CC BY-SA 2.0
Orangerie, 21. März 1986
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1986-0321-300 / Jan Peter Kasper · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Küchengarten mit Orangerie, 1. November 1973
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-M1101-0002 / Peter Liebers · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Orangerie mit der damaligen Plastik „Gemeinsam voran“, August 1989
Felix O · CC BY-SA 2.0