Significant Follies

Connected Sites: 8

In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs" (Wiki)

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Versailles
Versailles
France
Inscribed: 1979
4.00
721
11
Hameau De La Reine
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Potsdam
Potsdam
Germany
Inscribed: 1990
3.54
481
10
Ruinenberg
See En.Wikipedia.Org
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Russia
Inscribed: 1990
4.22
356
9
Chinese Village Tsarskoe Selo
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Schönbrunn
Schönbrunn
Austria
Inscribed: 1996
3.49
660
14
Roman Ruins
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Germany
Inscribed: 2013
2.97
212
8
The Artificial Ruins Of Löwenburg
See De.Wikipedia.Org
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
Spain
Inscribed: 2021
2.91
367
6
In The Reservado (“Reserved” Section) Are Follies Such As The Casita Del Pescador (Fisher’S Cottage) And Montaña Artificial (Artificial Mountain). (Ab Ev)
Qutb Minar
Qutb Minar
India
Inscribed: 1993
3.43
272
6
"Smith's Folly" Is A Remnant Of The Tower's 19th Century Restoration. Major Robert Smith Of The British Indian Army Renovated The Tower In 1828 And Installed A Pillared Cupola Over The Fifth Story, Creating A Sixth. The Cupola Was Taken Down In 1848 And Reinstalled At Ground Level To The East Of Qutb Minar, Where It Remains.
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Nice
Nice
France
Inscribed: 2021
2.79
400
5
The Château De L'Anglais (Or Château Smith) Is The First And One Of The Most Important "Follies" To See The Light Of Day On The Riviera. This "Folly" Of The Riviera Is Today The Only Testimony Of Neo-Mughal Architecture On The French Coasts. (Nomination File, P. 187)