The Chinese tea-house

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The Chinese Tea House is a Chinese-inspired pavilion in Frederiksberg Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was constructed in 1800–01 to designs by court carpenter Andreas Kirkerup. It stands on a small artificial island which can be reached by way of a matching Chinese style bridge. It was listed on the Danish register of protected buildings and places in 1973.

History: The park of Frederiksberg Palace was originally laid out in the Baroque style. In the 1790s, as fashion changed, the park was adapted into an English landscape garden. P. Petersen created a new garden plan in 1795. He created a typical English-style landscape garden with winding lawns, lakes, canals and spinneys as well as grottos, temples, pavilions and summerhouses. The final result may well have been based on Johan Ludwig Mansa's book on English-style gardening written in 1798. Andreas Kirkerup was charged with designing a "Chinese" tea house for one of the four artificial islands. The Chinese Tea House was a request from Crown Prince Christian. Kirkerup had already designed Chinese-style pavilions for a number of other parks, including Liselund on Møn, Dronninggård at Søllerød and Classen's Garden (Classens...