Orangery

Japanese: orangery
Orangery

… [Nobuo Sugiyama]
[history]
There is a story that in Roman times, a hotbed covered with mica sheets was used to provide Emperor Tiberius with cucumbers all year round, but this was a small, portable greenhouse. Generally speaking, a greenhouse refers to a fixed, permanent structure, and its origins lie in the orangeries (called orangerie in French), which were widely built in 18th-century Europe. The structure has a wall on the north side, a row of large arched windows on the south side, and a slate or tiled roof, and oranges and other Mediterranean fruit trees were grown in this greenhouse.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "orangery" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【杉山 信男】
[歴史]
 ローマ時代にすでに雲母板でふたをした温床を用いて皇帝ティベリウスに四季を通じてキュウリを献じたという故事があるが,これは移動式の小型のものであった。一般に温室は固定式の恒久的な建築を意味し,18世紀ヨーロッパに多く建てられたオランジェリーorangery(フランス語ではオランジュリーorangerie)を源流とする。その構造は北側を壁にし,南側に大きなアーチ形の窓を並べ,スレートあるいは瓦葺の屋根を架けたもので,オレンジや地中海の果樹を育てた。…

※「orangery」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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