Pomonatempel
Pomonatempel stands on the Pfingstberg in Potsdam as a neoclassical pavilion by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Its square plan, four Ionic columns and triangular pediment draw on Greek temple architecture, especially the Erechtheion on Athens’ Acropolis.
Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld commissioned the pavilion for his vineyard in the early nineteenth century. Dedicated to Pomona, the Roman goddess of orchards and fruit trees, it first served as a tea house and became Schinkel’s first realised architectural project. King Frederick William III acquired the land in 1817, while later palace plans spared the pavilion from demolition. After the Berlin Wall placed the site in a restricted area, neglect gave way to restoration between 1992 and 1993.
A single interior room holds a fireplace between two deep niches, while a striped canvas tent covers the roof terrace.
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