A free-standing garden pavilion, Hofgarten in Munich, Bavaria

In architecture a pavilion (from French, "pavillon") has two main significations. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1518x984, 148 KB) Description: Blick auf Hofgarten und Pavillion, München. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1518x984, 148 KB) Description: Blick auf Hofgarten und Pavillion, München. ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ...

Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited at a little distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in its intended use. A pavilion built to take advantage of a view is a gazebo. Look up Structure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Picture of Church Square Parks gazebo in Hoboken, New Jersey. ...

Such a pavilion can be a small garden outbuilding similar to a summerhouse or a kiosk, these were particularly popular in the 18th century, and can be equated to the Italian casina, usually rendered in English "casino". These often resembled small classical temples and follies. A poolhouse by a swimming pool may haver sufficient character and charm to be called a pavilion. Summerhouse is a village in County Durham, in England. ... a pagoda-like kiosk in Lausanne. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ... The Angkor Wat Hindu temple in Cambodia is the largest in the world. ... Broadway Tower, England The folly at Wimpole Hall, England High Service Water Tower (1895), Lawrence, Massachusetts. ... 50 meter indoor swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, or wading pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for recreational or competitive swimming, diving, or for other bathing activities that do not involve swimming, e. ...

By contrast a free-standing pavilion can also be a far larger building such as the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, which is in fact a large oriental style palace, however like its smaller namesakes the common factor is that it was built for pleasure and relaxation. The Royal Pavilion The Royal Pavilion is a splendid palace built in Brighton, East Sussex, in the 19th Century as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent. ... Brighton is a town on the south coast of England, which together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton & Hove. ...

A sports pavilion is usually a building adjacent to a sports ground used for changing clothes, and often partaking of refreshments. Often it has a verandah to provide protection from the sun for spectators. A verandah is a large balcony on the level of a ground floor. ...

One of two pavilions that break the ranges of uniform housefronts in the Place des Vosges, Paris

In its other main significance, in a symmetrical range of buildings in the classical styles, where there is a main central block—the corps de logis—the wings may end in pavilions that are emphasized in some fashion, in order to provide a full stop to the composition, like a period at the end of a sentence. In the Place des Vosges, Paris (1605-12), twin pavilions mark the centers of the north and south sides of the square (illustration, left). They are named the Pavillon du Roi and the Pavillon de la Reine though no royal personnage ever lived in the square. With their triple archways, they function like gatehouses that give access to the privileged space of the square. French gatehouses had been built in the form of such pavilions in the preceding century. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1712, 1334 KB) Place des Voges in Paris, here: Pavillon de Reine at the north side. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1712, 1334 KB) Place des Voges in Paris, here: Pavillon de Reine at the north side. ... Fountain in the Place des Vosges The Place des Vosges is Paris oldest (and some say most beautiful) square. ... From the point of view of modern times, the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean sometimes seem to blend smoothly into one melange we call the Classical. ... Blenheim Palace, unscaled plan of the Corps de logis. ... Fountain in the Place des Vosges The Place des Vosges is Paris oldest (and some say most beautiful) square. ...

See also

• Chinese pavilion