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Drottningholms slott

Drottningholm – Royal Domain

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  • World heritages in Sweden
    • Laponia Area
    • Struve Geodetic Arc
    • Church Town of Gammelstad
    • High Coast
    • The Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
    • Falun World Heritage
    • Engelsberg Ironworks
    • Birka and Hovgården
    • Drottningholm – Royal Domain
    • The Woodland Cemetery
    • Rock Carvings in Tanum
    • Hanseatic Town of Visby
    • Grimeton Radio Station
    • Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland
    • Naval City of Karlskrona

Drottningholm – Royal Domain

Drottningholm, situated at Lovön in Lake Mälaren, was the first Swedish World Heritage Site. At Drottningholm, you find two royal castles, a unique park and a theatre.

Drottningholm was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. Drottningholm was the first Swedish site to be inscribed on the List.

The Justification of the World Heritage Committee

The Drottningholm site – the castle, the theatre, the Chinese Pavilion, and the park – is the best example in Sweden of a royal eighteenth-century residence, representative of all European architecture from this period. Drottningholm Castle was influenced by the French king’s Versailles, as were many other castles in Europe at this time.

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Drottningholm Palace

 Drottningholm Theatre

The National Property Board of Sweden

The Royal Castle of Drottningholm.
Photo: Bengt A. Lundberg, National Heritage Board, 2001

The guards´ tent in the Royal Park of Drottningholm.
Photo: Bengt A. Lundberg, National Heritage Board, 2001

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