Kateraldir Fine Art Gallery

The Kateraldir Fine Art Gallery was a building commissioned by Queen Kateraldir Wilem of Flowers in 160 AE and finished after her death in 156 AE. The building was named after her and subsequently destroyed in 68 ME by Prince Consort Calvan Wilem in his Calvanist Revival. 
== History ==
In 160 AE, Queen Kateraldir desired to have a gallery to house her growing art collection that could be accessed by the public. She commissioned the work from the Guild of Traditional Artists, a coalition of painters, sculptors, architects, and craftsmen who followed the Neo-Fleurian movement. The gallery was to be built in Wilemberg, then called Vinyen, but was moved to Skjol in the last minute in the hopes the ailing queen would be able to visit before her death. This would not happen however as Kateraldir died three years prior to the gallery's completion. 
When the building was finished, her daughter, Queen Tizarn Wilem of Flowers, christened the new building in her mother's honor, donating hundreds of her mother's possessions and private artworks. The massive complex featured a garden, three different wings, a cafe, and, much later, an astronomical room. Kateraldir Fine Art Gallery became incredibly popular among the middle and upper classes of Fleur for allowing the viewing of masterworks for a small fee. The building was called important to the national spirit of Fleur by Crown Princess of Flowers Aryanja Wilem in 105 AE. 
The gallery was expanded in 39 AE to include an astronomical room with a model of the Spheres. In 22 ME Queen Isabella Wilem of Flowers called the gallery a disgrace, decrying it as perverse. In 68 ME the gallery was burnt down by a supposed accidental fire in the night, though surprisingly much of the works had been moved for "renovations" prior to the arson. Prince Consort Calvan Wilem praised the destruction of the heretical gallery, offering a pardon to anyone who came forth with proof they started the fire. 
Years later, in 113 ME, Queen Guinevere Wilem of Flowers would reveal that the building was in fact burnt down by order of Calvan as revealed in internal documents. The empty lot in Skjol where the building once stood is now occupied by several manor homes.
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