Steninge Palace (also known as Steninge Manor) is a Baroque palace by Lake Mälaren near Märsta outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical A palace is a grand residence especially the home of a Head of state or some other high-ranking Public figure. Lake Mälaren ( (historically occasionally referred to as Lake Malar in English is the third-largest Lake in Sweden, after Lakes Vänern and Märsta is a suburb of Metropolitan Stockholm, and the seat of Sigtuna Municipality in Sweden. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
Built 1694-1698 to the design of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, the palace is directly inspired by Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in France, and has a reputation in Sweden as one of the most elegant examples of Baroque mansions. Count Nicodemus Tessin the Younger ( May 23 1654 - April 10 1728) was a Swedish Baroque Architect The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a classical French Chateau located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 km southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne
The estate has a history dating back to the 13th century and has seen many owners, but two families have strongly influenced the premises: those of Carl Gyllenstierna (1649-1735) and Axel von Fersen (1736-1839). Axel von Fersen may refer to Axel von Fersen the Elder (1719-1794 Swedish statesman and soldier Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755 -
Today the palace is privately owned by a company which keeps it accessible for visitors: Steninge Palace Cultural Centre.
References
- Steninge Palace - Official site (English). Retrieved on 2008-02-05. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France.
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