The Bénazet Pavilion in the Swiss chalet style stands in the Dahlia Garden in the Lichtentaler Allee. It is named after the casino lessee and former owner of the pavilion Edouard Bénazet. This is also indicated by the carved initials EB, which are set in a round field directly below the roof ridge.
 in the [Lichtentaler Allee](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/lichtentaler-allee/) by the [Dahlia Garden](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/dahliengarten/).](/de/bilder/benazetpavillon/BenazetPavillon.jpg)
 in the [Dahliengarten](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/dahliengarten/) in the [Lichtentaler Allee](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/lichtentaler-allee/).](/de/bilder/benazetpavillon2/BenazetPavillon2.jpg)
 on the [Bénazet Pavilion](/en/bauwerke-und-orte/benazet-pavillon/)](/de/bilder/benazetpavillondetail/BenazetPavillonDetail.jpg)
History
The music pavilion, dating from 1865, belonged to Edouard Bénazet’s country estate on Aumattstraße. When it became known in 1967 that the building was to be demolished, the city archivist of the time, Margot Fuß, proposed moving the pavilion, after the necessary restoration, to the newly laid-out Dahlia Garden. In the end, however, it was Walter Friedmann, the founder of SANS SOUCIS, who took on the pavilion in 1968, had it restored and finally placed it in the rose garden of his company in Oos. After Walter Friedmann had died, his wife Maria gave the pavilion to the town of Baden-Baden in 1971. Thus it finally came to its present location in the Dahlia Garden.
Sources
- Article “Besonderer Anziehungspunkt in der Allee” by Karl Reinbothe in the Badisches Tagblatt, 13 August 2012