Germany · 18th century
Luisium is a palace and landscape garden in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. It is a part of Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In 1774 work started on a small palace in the style of an English country house, which Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau built for his wife Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, thus the name Luisium.
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Luisium ranks #3,991 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #327 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1774, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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