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Circumcision pavilion

In the Fourth Court, this room was originally built around 1530 as a summer pavilion, and renewed in 1640.
From the early 18th century on the royal princes were solemnly circumcised here, which was the occasion for grandiose festivities lasting for twenty days and nights.
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