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The Claudians Chapter 6 Prussian gardens

When Napoleon retreats from Moscow in 1813, Loudon believes it safe enough to travel via Sweden to the area that was then Prussia (including East Poland). He finds the area strewn with military debris, wounded soldiers and ruined cities. Visiting the famous gardens of Prussia, Loudon finds that the ancient Geometrical style of garden design is much better than its British critics had led him to believe. He is also interested in European adoption of the English landscape gardening style.

Napoleon's retreat and Loudon's advance -

Lazienki Palace Garden -

No. 42 Pall Mall, in Central London -

Loudon and Napoleon -

Gothenburg -

Haga Palace, Stockholm -

Drottningholm Palace Garden -

Napoleon’s retreat Moscow and Loudon's advance -

Kant’s House, Königsberg -

Cossacks in the Napoleonic War -

Danzig siege -

Oliwa Cistercian Abbey Poland -