Schwerin Palace, one of the finest such 19th-century Romantic-style buildings in Europe, sits idyllically on the Schlossinsel, the Palace Island, on the city's main lake. Modeled on the French château of Chambord and built between 1845-57 (although a record of a castle being on the site dates back to 973 AD), it was laid out on a pentagonal plan, with numerous towers and turrets, and combines Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque features. The interior is sumptuously appointed with fine silk wallpaper and richly gilded ornaments. Particularly imposing are the Throne Room, the Ancestral Portrait Gallery, and the Smoking Room. Also of interest is the palace chapel, a Renaissance building with a finely furnished interior modeled on the palace chapel of Torgau.