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Pleasure garden
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A pleasure garden is a park or garden that is open to the public for recreation and entertainment. Pleasure gardens differ from other public gardens by serving as venues for entertainment, variously f
An 18th-century print showing the exterior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens and part of the grounds
An 18th-century print showing the exterior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens and part of the grounds
Paderborn Castle, Germany, in 1736, with its jardins de plaisance, as well as the kitchen gardens ("E") at right.
Paderborn Castle, Germany, in 1736, with its jardins de plaisance, as well as the kitchen gardens ("E") at right.
The Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens by Canaletto, 1751.
The Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens by Canaletto, 1751.
Ranelagh Gardens
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Ranelagh Gardens were public pleasure gardens located in Chelsea, then just outside London, England, in the 18th century.
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…areas greatly in the 18th century, the heyday of the pleasure garden. New openings in the 18th and 19th centuries in London included Cremorne Gardens, Ranelagh Gardens, Royal Surrey Gardens, Vauxhall Gardens and Royal Flora Gardens. Other cities, in England and abroad, acquired their own, such as Holte Bridgman's…
Interior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh as painted by Canaletto in 1754.
Interior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh as painted by Canaletto in 1754.
The relation of "Ranelaigh Gardens" (right) and the Royal Hospital Chelsea shown in another engraving by Thomas Bowles.
The relation of "Ranelaigh Gardens" (right) and the Royal Hospital Chelsea shown in another engraving by Thomas Bowles.