Chinese Tower is a 25-metre wooden building resembling a pagoda at the Englischer Garten in Munich, Germany.
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11 Facts About Chinese Tower
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Chinese Tower is located at the southern part of the Englischer Garten in the district of Schwabing.
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Chinese Tower can be reached by public transport of the Munchner Verkehrsgesellschaft.
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Chinese Tower was designed from 1789 to 1790 by Johann Baptist Lechner on a proposal by Joseph Frey as part of the planned citizens' park, nowadays known as the Englischer Garten.
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The Chinese Tower was inspired by the 50-metre Great Pagoda at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London, United Kingdom, which was itself inspired by the Majolica Pagoda in Peking, China.
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Chinese Tower frequently suffered fire damage, which was repaired every time.
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In 2002 the Chinese Tower was made into a Wi-Fi hotspot in the Englischer Garten.
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Wooden Chinese Tower is supposed to resemble a Chinese temple in the style of a pagoda.
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Together with the Rumfordhaus and the Monopteros, the Chinese Tower belongs to the three "feeling architectures" in the Englischer Garten.
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Chinese Tower is often mentioned or depicted in art and literature together with the Englischer Garten.
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Chinese Tower inspired numerous artists already in the 18th century, using it as the primary or secondary subject in paintings and drawings.
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