The Chinesischer Turm ("Chinese Tower") is a 25 metre high wooden structure, in the Englisher garden in Munich, Germany
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3488 x 2592 px | 29.5 x 21.9 cm | 11.6 x 8.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Englisher Garden, Munich, GermanyMore information:
The Chinesischer Turm ("Chinese Tower") is a 25 metre high wooden structure, first constructed in 1789 to 1790, from a design by the Mannheimer military architect Joseph Frey (1758-1819). It was modelled on the "Great Pagoda" in the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. The Pagoda, twice as high as the tower, was supposed to resemble a porcelain pagoda in the gardens of a Chinese emperor. The Munich tower has five storeys: the ground storey roof has a diameter of 19 m, the topmost storey of 6 m. On July 13 1944, the original tower burned down after heavy bombing; but a society to rebuild it was formed in 1951 and the new tower, made true to the original by consultation of detail photos and old drawings, was completed in September, 1952.