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German Baroque attractions are a romantic encounter of every time you travel
Round a Baroque dream
A chance encounter with the Baroque on the journey
Germany's Baroque architecture is numerous, they exist in castles, palaces, churches, and even residential buildings, located in large cities, small towns, suburbs, today Xiaobian will take stock of some of Germany's more representative Baroque attractions, the future to Germany to meet the Baroque, round a Baroque dream.
Moritzburg
Palace Moritzburg
Moritzburg is located on an island in a pond and can be reached via a boulevard. Originally a Renaissance hunting lodge, Augustus transformed it into a Baroque dream palace in 1723, making it one of the most majestic Baroque castles in Central Europe.
After visiting Moritzburg, you can also stroll to the charming Rococo-style Pheasant Palace for an advanced journey from Baroque to Rococo.
Zwinger Palace
Kennel
Zwinger Palace is a world-famous Baroque building, built in 1709, and is a representative building of the era of augustine "strong". To decorate the building, the sculptor created a large number of unparalleled works, which remain the most important places of interest in Dresden today. The Ceramics Collection is one of the largest ceramics collections in the world, and the Arsenal of Arms and the Sember Gallery are also worth a visit.
Recommend a best photo spot for couples, the Crown Gate of Zwinger Palace, I believe that every tourist who comes here will put it into the camera, such a beautiful photo background, is not it here to take photos?
St. Mary's Church dresden
Frauenkirche
The reconstructed Frauenkirche is regarded as a monument in Protestant church architecture and one of the masterpieces of European Baroque architecture, in addition to the title of "the world's largest three-dimensional puzzle", designed by the architect George Bell for more than 250 years, this masterpiece designed by the architect George Bell has been a symbol of the wealth and faith of the citizens of Dresden.
Nowadays, visitors can not only enter the museum, but also climb the dome to overlook the panoramic view of Dresden.
Ludwigsburg Palace
Ludwigsburg Castle
The Ludwigsburg Palace is a treasure of Baroque architecture. From 1704 onwards, Duke Albert Ludwig had his simple hunting palace enlarged, and with the addition of the fourth eaves, it finally became the natural representative building of the largest Baroque palace in Europe, replacing versailles as a model of the representative architecture of the European ruling class in the 18th century.
The garden in front of the palace has a beautiful name, the blooming Baroque, and this name alone is not to be missed.
Pilgrimage Church of Vis
The Church of Wies
The "Pilgrimage Church of Weiss for the Whipped Savior" is located at the foot of the Alps, from the fairytale town of Füssen, all the way along the beautiful scenery of the Alpine foothills, and in less than an hour you can see a quaint building with a pink façade, hidden among the shadows of the trees.
This UNESCO World Heritage Site is a work of art that embodies the essence of the Bavarian Baroque, and the intricate lines of stucco moldings inside the church and the exquisite ceiling frescoes are still breathtaking to this day.
Charlottenburg Palace
Charlottenburg Palace
Charlottenburg Palace is the largest surviving Hohenzollern palace in Berlin and is a representative of Baroque architecture during the Prussian Kingdom. The palace was actually a gift from a husband to his wife, Marquis Friedrich III. In the late 17th century, he presided over the construction and gave it to his wife, Sophie Charlotte. Subsequently, the summer palace was enlarged by successive crown princes and became the most gorgeous Baroque architecture in Berlin today.
From the front of the palace, you can enter the Altes Schloss, where the pottery room is not to be missed, the pottery room brings the Chinese style popular in the European court in the 18th century to the extreme, and the walls and ceiling are decorated with more than 1500 pieces of Chinese pottery, which is very gorgeous.
Bückeburg Palace
Bückeburg Castle
The beautiful Bückburg Palace in Lower Saxony has an early Baroque façade, neo-Baroque and neo-Rococo wing, while the gable houses and their circular ornaments, snails and shell motifs used to decorate the façade of the palace are typical of the Renaissance style of the Weser region, which is a gem of the Schaumburg region.
Once the residence of Prince Lipper, the palace is now only partially open to visitors, including the Prince's Mausoleum. The mausoleum can be reached in a few minutes on foot from the palace: it is a domed building, 42 meters high, and the interior furnishings are the masterpieces of the Berlin architect Paul Baumgarten. The building is the world's largest privately owned mausoleum monument and is still the resting place of the Marquis family.
Royal Gardens of Heinhausen
Royal Gardens Herrenhausen
The Royal Garden of Heinhausen is one of the most beautiful gardens in Europe, and the founder of this gorgeous garden was Sophie, the Elector of Hanover, who designed the summer palace in reference to Oraney's ornate Baroque architecture. This Baroque garden triumphs at the rare and high artistic standards of decoration: the "Große Fontäne" is currently the tallest fountain in European gardens, and the "Große Kaskade" is one of the oldest preserved buildings in Europe (built around 1670).
If the time is just in time, from June to September every year, there will be a number of fireworks displays, which is the famous Hannover International Fireworks Festival, where the world's most creative fireworks masters come to participate in the fireworks show, using the Royal Garden of Heinhausen as a stage, using fireworks to outline the smart patterns in the dark blue sky.
Würzburg's Palace
Residence Palace
Completed in 1780, the Würzburg Episcopal Palace was praised by Napoleon as "the most beautiful bishop's palace in Europe", one of the most ornate Baroque palaces in Germany, and the world's largest painting of the ceiling. All of the palace's interiors are uniquely crafted by three generations of artists and craftsmen from all over Europe.
In addition to the palace itself, the court chapel and forty uniquely styled rooms are also worth visiting, with a large collection of artistic treasures.
Bayreuth Opera House
Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
If you want to say that the most beautiful Baroque opera house in the world, the Bayreuth Opera House must have a name. The Bayreuth Opera House stands out from the 18th-century court architecture with its unparalleled level of perfection, and the people involved in its construction hope to replicate the grandeur and magnificence of Vienna, Dresden, Paris and Venice through this building.
The majesty of the colorful interiors of the entire opera house can only be truly felt by being in it, and even the committee that participated in the evaluation of the World Heritage at that time praised it as "a unique monument to European Baroque festivals and musical culture".
Berlin Cathedral
Berlin Cathedral
Built in the north of Spreeinsel, Berlin Cathedral is the largest church in Berlin and one of the centers of the Protestant Church in Germany. Once the court church of the Hohenzollern dynasty of the German Empire, the church competed with St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as a Protestant Christian cathedral, and today this cathedral with its Baroque and Italian Renaissance heyday style is one of the most important church buildings in Germany.
Although the cathedral was severely damaged in World War II, it was completely restored after German reunification and became a magnet for Tourists in Berlin. Among the cathedral's worth visiting are the unforgettable dome, the Baptistery Chapel, the Royal Stairwell, the Hohentholn Burial Chamber, which housed nearly a hundred coffins for four centuries, the Church Museum, and the Dome Cloister overlooking Berlin.
Wilhelmsee Heights Park, Kassel
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Wilhelmsee Heights Park, a World Heritage Site, is the largest mountain park in Europe in the Style of English Gardens. Together with the Wilhelm Heights Palace, the park forms a unique overall landscape where culture, nature and garden architecture are perfectly integrated to form a baroque monolithic work of art. At the very top of the park is a 70-meter-high monument and a 350-meter-long Baroque waterway at the bottom, with a series of water features arranged down the river, and finally a 30-meter-wide waterfall into the large pond, which is very spectacular.
Wilhelm heights Park in Kassel is a baroque monolithic work of art that blends the various genres of garden architecture, art and craftsmanship of that era. This more than 300-year-old cultural landscape is a prime example of the heyday of landscape architecture under European authoritarian rule. At the initiative of the Marquis Carl von Hesse-Kassel, in 1701 the majestic bronze statue of the Italian architect Giovanni Francisco Gurnino was seen as the embodiment of the justice and wisdom of the ruler, while also symbolizing the absolute authority of the marquis.
Ludwig Rust Palace
Ludwigslust Palace
The post-Baroque landmark Ludwig Rust Palace combines the castle and the city, and the interior of the palace is golden and splendid, and it is an imperial atmosphere. However, the beautiful appearance deceives the vision of many people, because many of the decorations are specially processed with a specially processed condensed paper embryo of a famous "Ludwig Rust Cardboard". Architect: Surprised?
Friedenstein Palace
Friedenstein Castle
Friedenstein Palace – the Baroque universe in the "heart of Germany". Magnificent exterior, ornate interior, Fridenstein Palace, which stands on the commanding heights of the city of Gotha, is one of the earliest Baroque palaces in Germany. Its builder, Duke Ernst I, a devout Protestant, ordered the palace to be built with strict abandonment of all intricate and fancy decorations, which is its special charm: the shape of friedenstein's palace emphasizes symmetry and simplicity.
At the end of the planting, castles, palaces, churches are a major feature of German tourism, and many tourists are also set off for Germany precisely because of a castle dream, so the next trip to Germany is to achieve a Baroque dream as the goal.