CastleDüsseldorf-Benrath

Benrath Castle

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In the southern district of Benrath in Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, is Benrath Palace, an example of the transition from Baroque and Rococo to Classicism. The listed ensemble of pleasure palace, hunting park, ponds, and canal system is Düsseldorf's most significant architectural masterpiece.

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The origins of Benrath Palace date back to the late 12th century, when a castle belonging to the Lords of Benroide was taken over by the Counts of Berg. In the 17th century, Elisabeth Amalia Magdalena, the second wife of Duke Philipp Wilhelm, had the dilapidated moated castle rebuilt into a water palace between 1660 and 1666. This served as a summer and hunting residence for the ducal family. Elector Karl Theodor, who commissioned the palace's construction from 1755 to 1773, never lived there due to his relocation of the residence to Munich. From 1806 to 1813, it was the official residence of the Grand Dukes of Berg and Cleves, including Joachim Murat and Emperor Napoleon I.

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