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Drottningholm Palace

Drottningholm Palace is a late 17th–18th century royal palace on the island of Lovön, near Stockholm, long used as a summer residence and now the private residence of the Swedish royal family. The estate includes a preserved 18th-century court theatre, the Chinese Pavilion, formal Baroque and English gardens, and a palace church.

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First raised

1699

Its prime

1770

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1770

What Drottningholm Palace looked like in its prime.

A long, symmetrical pale-yellow Baroque palace with three main storeys and low green‑patinated copper mansard roofs; a central clock pavilion and flagpole rise above a stone balustraded terrace and broad double staircase. The façade shows regularly spaced tall sash windows and pedimented projections at each wing. In front, formal parterre gardens of clipped box hedges, gravel paths and urns lead to the terrace; stone statues and marble lions punctuate the axes.

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11 places to explore in 1770.

The record describes 11 distinct spots at Drottningholm Palace — including 6 interiors: great staircase (interior), great hall with the nine muses and royal busts, queen dowager's bed chamber and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Front approach from the Baroque garden axisCentral terrace and outer staircaseGreat staircase (interior)Great hall with the nine muses and royal bustsQueen Dowager's bed chamberPalace church interiorDro t tningholm Palace Theatre auditoriumChinese Pavilion on the groundsBaroque garden parterreEnglish garden ponds and bridgesLibrary and national hall (interior)

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