Bavarian Palaces Views
The Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes (German: Bayerische Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen), also known as the Bavarian Palace Department (German: Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung), is a department of the finance ministry of the German state of Bavaria. Tracing its roots back into the 18th century, the administration is now best known for being in charge of Neuschwanstein Castle and the other 19th century palaces built by Ludwig II of Bavaria.
This site is a solely privately maintained website. The Bavarian Administration of state-owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes is not involved in creation or maintenance of this site. Solely responsible: Josef Spitzlberger Schloss Lustheim 1 85764 Oberschleißheim This site has only private interests. It is not an official website of the Bavarian Administration of state-owned palaces, gardens and lakes.
Neuschwanstein Castle, royal palace in the Bavarian Alps of Germany, the most famous of three royal palaces built for Louis II of Bavaria, sometimes referred to as Mad King Ludwig, who grew up nearby at Hohenschwangau Castle. Begun in 1869 and left unfinished at Louis's death in 1886, the castle is the embodiment of 19th century romanticism. In a fantastical imitation of a medieval castle, Neuschwanstein is set with towers and spires and is spectacularly sited on a high point over the P
The painted wood carvings and other tier fittings of the Cuvilliseacute;s-Theater had been removed to safety in 1943 and they are all that survive of the original theatre. In 1956 they were presented to the Bavarian Administration of State-owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, which restored them over the next two years and reassembled them in a new building near the Apothekenhof (Apothecary Court) in the Residenz. The Cuvillioeacute;s-Theater Indash; also known as the Altes Residenz-Theater, to distinguish it from the new, post-war building Fndash; is now reached from the Brunnenhof (Fountain Court). Nothing remains of the ceiling painting by Johann Baptist Zimmermann that originally graced the auditorium, but the elaborate carved decoration of the tiers, with its figures, floral ornament and patterning, makes the Cuvilliaeacute;s-Theater not only a major work of Bavarian Rococo, but a Gesamtkunstwerk with few equals in Europe.
Bavarian Palaces Images
