J. Laukens, 1656: vestiges du palais et des jardins, huile sur toile (détail) – Überreste der Schloss- und Gartenanlage, Ölgemälde (Detail) – remains of the palace and gardens, oil on canvas (detail) © Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg, inv. n°865, photo : Christof Weber
The deer park was an enclosed area bounded by a wall (length: ca. 5 km; hight: ca. 3-3,5 m). Three imposing gate lodges, each equipped with a banqueting hall, a kitchen and chambers, granted entrance to the park. The gatehouses were named after Count Peter-Ernest of Mansfeld and his two sons Charles (†1595) and Octavian (†1591): “Peter’s
Gate”, “Charles’s Gate” and “Octavian’s Gate”. Today the place called “Tawioun”, on Fetschenhof, still refers to this former building.
