Montag, 15. Oktober 2012

The Romantic Road

The Romantic Road is a route in Baravia, Germany which was a trade route in medieval times and is now a 220 mile highway route of cultural historic sites which starts at Wurzberg, brings you through the Franconian wine country and leads you to the German Alps. The Romantic Road attracts a number of people and contains bus routes, cycle routes and path routes.
 
The Romantic Road
 
The Romantic Road attracts visitors from all over the world with its features along the route. It contains many historical towns and sites and features many unique designed, luxury buildings, romantic hotels, romantic restaurants, medieval castles, half timbered houses and hidden monasteries.
 
Some of the most famous highlights of The Romantic Road
 
The town of Wurzburg – Featuring the lovely sites of the Fortress Marienberg and the Würzburg Residence and  known for its amazing wines, restaurants,wine festivals and beautiful vineyards.
The Castle Hotel Colmberg – A 1,000 year old castle hotel which offers a great castle experience with features such as medieval dinners and wine drinking. The castle contains modern installations such as hot water and heating and offers an amazing site seeing experience.
 
Nördlingen – known for its quiet streets and stunning architecture. Nördlingen's main highlight is the St Georgskirche church which offers visitors a chance to climb to the top of the tower and get a great birds eye view of the town below.
 
Rothenburg ob der Tauber – A preserved, medieval town which main highlight is the market square.  Rothenburg features the town hall and provides visitors the opportunity to travel to the top of the town hall for an amazing site seeing view of the region. Rothenburg is also well known for its Christmas theme and offers a Christmas museum and Christmas decoration shop.
 
Dinkelsbühl – A town surrounded by a wall of 16 fortified towers and several large city gates. Dinkelsbühl is know for its incredibly illuminated night time appearance and includes St.Pauls protestent church, the masterpiece of St.George Minister and the Castle of the Teutonic Order. Dinkelsbühl is also well known for its Christmas market.
 
Pfaffenwinkel – Famous for its pristine landscape and churches. People often visit this town for an amazing view of the pilgrimage church Wieskirche
 
Augsburg - home of the Regierungskbezirk Schawben and the Bezirk Schawben, Augsburg is popular for its tradition restaurants, splendid boulevards, and baroque town houses. Augsburg offers tourists the chance to enjoy a medieval meal in an old vaulted room and features the Golden Hall,  a luxury salon with frescoes, marble and gilded stucco.
 
Harburg – a small town with a historic bridge and cobblestone streets famous for its castle which has been owned by the royal family of Oettingen-Wallerstein and two other castles, Wallerstein and Baldern.
 
Landsberg am Lech – Surrounded by a full city wall, Landsberg is the birth place of the famous German rococo artist, Dominikus Zimmerman who designed the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche which is located here. Inside the church you will be amazed by the magnificent frescoes.
 
Tauber Valley – located in the heart of a giant crater, Tuaber Valley is a historical town known for its medieval townscape. Tauber Valley is a location of art, culture and history.
 
There are many attractions worth visiting on the romantic road and is highly recommended to visit on your holiday in Bavaria.

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The Linderhof Palace

The Linderhof palace is located in south west Germany and is one of the palaces which belonged to King Ludwig II. The castle originally belonged to Ludwig's father and was used as a hunting lodge.

Ludwig carried out many changes to this castle spending around 8.5 million marks and this was the only palace that he was alive to see fully completed. The castle was extended  in 1872 by George Dollman who added a U shaped complex to the kings bed chamber. In 1874 the exterior façade was furnished in stone and the old hunting lodge was removed and reconstructed in the park. The palace was then finished with the construction of The hall of mirrors and was furnished in rococo period style.

Schloss Linderhof (The Linderhof palace)

The rooms of The Linderhof palace 
The dining room which was located on the east of the palace and contained many pink and blue cabinets. Ludwig used the dining room as a robing room and had a table installed so that he could dine alone. Ludwig had the table laid out for four people as he would sit on his own while eating and speak to imaginary people.
The Audience chamber was located to the west of the palace and contained many yellow and lilac cabinets. Although this was built an an audience chamber, Ludwig never actually used it as an audience chamber and instead used it as an area where he would study and created new building design projects. The audience chamber contained two round tables with malachite tops and a throne.
The Eastern and Western tapestry chambers were rooms which were almost identical and had no particular usage. Ludwig referred to the western tapestry as the music room because it contained the Aeolodion, which was an instrument which combined the piano and harmonium. The walls were painted with rough canvas to imitate real tapestries.

Linderhof Palace Fountain
The hall of mirrors was a room full of mirrors, which consisted of a carpet made of ostritch plumes and an ivory candelabra. This room was used by Ludwig as a living room and is where he spent a lot of his time at night reading.
The bed chamber was Ludwigs bedroom and was completely re constructed in 1884 but was not completely finished until 2 years after Ludwigs death.
The palace was surrounded by gardens which were split up into 5 sub sections and featured many sculptures of the season, elements and continents. The gardens were known as the northern parterre, western parterre, eastern parterre, water pareterre and the terrace gardens. The gardens feature buildings of different appearance and purpose. The Venus grotto, which was built to represent an illustration of the act of Richard Wagners “Tannhauser” contained a a small lake and golden swan boat which Ludwig liked to be rowed in.   Hundings hut which was built to represent Richard Wagners “Valkyrie” act, the Morrocan house, which was originally built in Morocco for the international exhibition in 1873 . Luwdwig purchased it and redesigned it in a more “royal” kind of way. The Moorish kiosk, which was designed for the 1867, Paris international exhibition and featured a peacock throne. Finally, Gurnemanz Hermitage , which Ludwig used as an area for contemplation on good Friday.
 
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