Parks

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural, or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil, and trees, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as monuments, fountains or playground structures.

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    Park of J.B. Magin, Dubnica nad Vahom

    The rise and development of the park is connected to Ileshazy family. It was built together with the early baroque manor house in 1657 by Gaspar Ileshazy.

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    Park Sergievka

    Sergievka - palace and park along the Peterhof Road, in Old Peterhof, west of the Sobstvennaya Dacha.

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    Pavlovsk Park

    The Pavlovsk Park is the park surrounding the Pavlovsk Palace, an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by Tsar Paul I of Russia near Saint Petersburg. After his death, it became the home of his widow, Maria Feodorovna. It is now a state museum and a public park.

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    Radziwillow Castle Complex, Biala Podlaska

    The remainings of the baroque palace house the district museum. Originally there was a castle here, built by the Radziwill family in the 16th century. It was surrounded by the earth fortifications with a moat in the shape of a star.

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    Retreat & Reflection Garden

    The Retreat & Reflection Garden is a notable classical garden in China. It is located in Tongli, Wujiang, Jiangsu, China. The garden was built in 1885 by Ren Lansheng, an imperial official working in Anhui province who was impeached.

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    Schonbrunn Gardens, Vienna

    The sculpted garden space between the palace and the Sun Fountain is called the Great Parterre. The French garden, a big part of the area, was planned by Jean Trehet, a disciple of Andre Le Notre, in 1695. It contains, among other things, a maze.

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    Shalimar Gardens, Lahore

    The Shalimar Gardens, sometimes written as Shalamar Gardens, is a Mughal garden complex located in Lahore, Pakistan.

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    Shikina-en

    The gardens of Shikina-en are located on a small hill to the south of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa. The gardens were laid out in 1799 to embellish one of the residences of the Sho family, rulers of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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    Silvia Park

    Silvia Park is located to the west of the Gatchina Palace, behind a stone wall with the Sylvia gates.

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    Studley Royal Park

    Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey is a designated World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire, England. The site, which has an area of 323 hectares (800 acres) features an 18th-century landscaped garden, some of the largest Cistercian ruins in Europe, a Jacobean mansion and a Victorian church designed by William Burges.

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    Summer Garden

    The Summer Garden occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great.

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    Summer Palace

    The Summer Palace, is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing, China. It serves as a popular tourist destination and recreational park.

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    The baroque garden, Drottningholm Palace

    The oldest part of the gardens was created at the end of the 17th century under the direction of Hedwig Eleonora. The father and son Tessin led the project that created a baroque garden right outside the main palace, flanked by thick tree avenues.

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    The Lower Gardens

    The expanse of the Lower Gardens is designed in the formal style of french formal gardens of the 17th century.

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    Vay Castle and Park, Vaja

    Vay Castle, Vaja. The Renaissance-style Vay Castle was built in the 16th century, and underwent some Baroque remodeling a century later.