A small picturesque cave or cavern, often artificial, used as a garden ornament or decorative feature in a park or estate.
From French 'grotte', derived from Italian 'grotta', ultimately from Latin 'crypta' (hidden chamber), originally referring to underground chambers in Roman architecture.
Wealthy European aristocrats in the 1700s became obsessed with building fake grottoes in their gardens—it was basically the Instagram of the time, showing off your sophisticated taste and wealth!
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