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![Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.BRANDENBURG 16]
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/139247833_EDNJo-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.BRANDENBURG 16]
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04296]
'Dome of Secessions building.'
Deatail of the golden laurel leaf dome of the Secession building in Vienne. It is built in art nouveau style by J.M. Olbrich in 1898. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/138807016_fDFAy-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04296]
'Dome of Secessions building.'
Deatail of the golden laurel leaf dome of the Secession building in Vienne. It is built in art nouveau style by J.M. Olbrich in 1898. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.OBER 04187]
'Sleeping beauty 2.'
Quite a sight, these skeletons of saints in their gilded glass coffins in Stift Engelszell, located on the banks of the Danube near Engelshartzell. After a visit you could need a nip. Fortunately, the monks at Austria's only Trappist monastery distillate good drinks. Like a nice, very creamy advocaat. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/50101049_w5obd-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.OBER 04187]
'Sleeping beauty 2.'
Quite a sight, these skeletons of saints in their gilded glass coffins in Stift Engelszell, located on the banks of the Danube near Engelshartzell. After a visit you could need a nip. Fortunately, the monks at Austria's only Trappist monastery distillate good drinks. Like a nice, very creamy advocaat. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.NIEDER 03668]
'Ugly?'
Baroque, the style that elsewhere along the Danube can be described as elegant and playful, seems to have lost all its lightheartedness at the Göttweig monastery. The only thing that counts is to impress. Gottfried Bessel, the 50th abbot, had tight connections to the imperor. He dreamed about a Austrian Escorial on his hilltop, overlooking the Danube and Krems in the distance. After a fire in 1718, which, so is told, he lit himself, there was space for his ambitions. A huge, square pleasure palace was erected. The gold foil blinds your eyes in the abbey church, but more then only sumptuous everything looks heavy and ponderous. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/50100940_tUVCp-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.NIEDER 03668]
'Ugly?'
Baroque, the style that elsewhere along the Danube can be described as elegant and playful, seems to have lost all its lightheartedness at the Göttweig monastery. The only thing that counts is to impress. Gottfried Bessel, the 50th abbot, had tight connections to the imperor. He dreamed about a Austrian Escorial on his hilltop, overlooking the Danube and Krems in the distance. After a fire in 1718, which, so is told, he lit himself, there was space for his ambitions. A huge, square pleasure palace was erected. The gold foil blinds your eyes in the abbey church, but more then only sumptuous everything looks heavy and ponderous. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04288]
'Art Nouveau in Vienna.'
Interior painter at work in a house at Linke Wienzeile 38, designed by Art Nouveau architect Otto Wagner in 1899. The gold plated decoration is done by Kolo Moser. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/50100837_vq4VF-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04288]
'Art Nouveau in Vienna.'
Interior painter at work in a house at Linke Wienzeile 38, designed by Art Nouveau architect Otto Wagner in 1899. The gold plated decoration is done by Kolo Moser. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04257]
'Pictured with the king of waltz.'
Nothing in Vienna is being photographed more often then the gold plated statue of Johann Strauß in the Stadtpark. It's the King of Waltz who is behind the fable of the blue Danube, by the way. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/50100681_eKcSv-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04257]
'Pictured with the king of waltz.'
Nothing in Vienna is being photographed more often then the gold plated statue of Johann Strauß in the Stadtpark. It's the King of Waltz who is behind the fable of the blue Danube, by the way. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04263]
'King of Waltz."
Nothing in Vienna is being photographed more often then the gold plated statue of Johann Strauß in the Stadtpark. It's the King of Waltz who is behind the fable of the blue Danube, by the way. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/50100638_DtaN3-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04263]
'King of Waltz.\"
Nothing in Vienna is being photographed more often then the gold plated statue of Johann Strauß in the Stadtpark. It's the King of Waltz who is behind the fable of the blue Danube, by the way. Photo Paul Smit.")
[GERMANY.BRANDENBURG 16]
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.BRANDENBURG 16]
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/139247833_EDNJo-S.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.BRANDENBURG 16]
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.")
[GERMANY.BRANDENBURG 16]
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.
'Chinese tea pavilion, Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.'
The Prussian kings imported the whole world to Potsdam by copying it. This Chinese tea pavilion was constructed in the baroque Sanssouci Park. China was fashion in those days. English parks were sprinkled with Italian villas some time later. Antique temple ruins were raised on top of a hill - brand new! For powering the fountains steam engines were constructed inside a Moorish mosque, the chimney hidden in the minaret. And a piece of Holland was erected in the middle of Potsdam. They really were mad about copying: not one of the fortyseven Raphaels in their Orangery Palace was real! Photo Paul Smit.
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