Orange

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Y/M/D Person Association Description Place Locale Event
1705/00/00 Nicholas Hawksmoor Probable Architect A baroque Orangery is erected at Kensington Palace 1704-05 for Mary's younger sister, Anne, who will become Queen when William dies. Anne uses Kensington for entertaining and she will throw parties in the Orangery. Orangery At Kensington Palace Kensington Palace
1795/00/00 The Orangerie is completed in the 1790s. Used to grow orange and lemon trees, the center second-story contains an 18C billiard room. The Orangerie still has a rare example of an original 18C central heating system (hot air duct system). Wye House Easton
1850/00/00 The Orangery At Holkham Hall is built. The Orangery At Holkham Hall Holkham
1852/00/00 Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon III Owner Designed by Firmin Bourgeois as a winter shelter for the orange trees that line the garden of the Tuileries Palace for Emperor Napoleon III, the greenhouse is completed by his successor, Ludovico Visconti. Musee de l'Orangerie Paris
1874/00/00 Alphonse Balat Architect Commissioned by King Leopold II, the erecting of a complex of orangeries and other greenhouses begins. Royal Greenhouses of Laeken Brussels, BE
1900/00/00 In the Orangerie, Leopold II's Orange tree collection includes 130 trees aged 200 to 300 years and one even 400 years. In the 1970s, only 45 trees were still alive. Royal Greenhouses of Laeken Brussels, BE

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Particulars for :
Food Kind Citrus
Product Kind Food
Food Type Fruit
Food Category Victual




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