The Much Promised Ludwigsburg Palace Photos
I'm sure some of you might have given up on me and my twice promised posting of photos taken on Columbus Day at the Ludwigsburg Palace. So sorry for the delay. I'm going to give some facts about the palace and then share some photos. I've got lots of other things to share so I may do another post this weekend. I have been in the office for 3 weeks now so I can tell you a bit about how things are going at work AND I got the total blessing of flying down to Malta for a long weekend last weekend to see Tom.
So...Ludwigsburg Palace.
The palace is one of Europe's largest preserved Baroque palaces...I heard it referred to as the "Swabian Versailles." Swabian is a term used for the part of Germany that Stuttgart is in. The palace was built by Duke Eberhard Ludwig between 1704 and 1733. It has 452 rooms (we got to walk through almost 100) in 18 buildings. The grounds are surrounded by the permanent Blooming Baroque Garden. Other noted occupants, who also had a hand in major renovations are Duke Carl Eugen Württemberg (1728 - 1793) and King Friedrich of Württemberg (1754 - 1816).
Fortunately the palace was not damaged during World War II and it is presented to the public much like it appeared in 1800. It's pristine condition is due largely to the fact that the palace sat untouched and unoccupied for I think something like 100 years. There were seats covered in upholstery that had been cross-stitched by King Friedrich's wife...and they looked not even 30 years old.
Here is a front view of the palace. It was pouring rain at this point and it was cool. I was excited to be out exploring but wondered how much fun this visit to Ludwigsburg and the Pumpkin Festival was going to be if the rain didn't let up.
Here is a view from the other side of the palace grounds.
Remember...I said pouring.
Here is a view inside the palace courtyard. It took about an hour or so but the sun finally decided to make an appearance. You can tell in some of the Pumpkin Festival photos in my previous post that it really did get pretty sunny.
This was inside the main entry.
These statues were along the walls of one of the stairwells.
This was the bedroom of King Friedrich I. The tour guide told us that the curtains were a bright turquoise color during the king's time.
There were two theaters on the palace grounds. We got to go inside one.
I loved all the ceiling paintings. Made me excited about the prospect of seeing the Sistine Chapel while we are here in Europe.
This was one of the royal receiving rooms and for some reason I want to say it was in a section of the palace that was used during hunting trips. That palace was out in what would have been considered the country or the boondocks by those high society folks living in the big city. What was so cool about this room was the illusionist painting. The ceiling is actually flat but the painting makes it look curved.
This was one of the sitting rooms near the king's bedroom. That's a painting of the king on the wall.
This is the only picture of me from the palace tour. Records that I was in fact there :-) Those are some of the palace gardens in the background.
So...Ludwigsburg Palace.
The palace is one of Europe's largest preserved Baroque palaces...I heard it referred to as the "Swabian Versailles." Swabian is a term used for the part of Germany that Stuttgart is in. The palace was built by Duke Eberhard Ludwig between 1704 and 1733. It has 452 rooms (we got to walk through almost 100) in 18 buildings. The grounds are surrounded by the permanent Blooming Baroque Garden. Other noted occupants, who also had a hand in major renovations are Duke Carl Eugen Württemberg (1728 - 1793) and King Friedrich of Württemberg (1754 - 1816).
Fortunately the palace was not damaged during World War II and it is presented to the public much like it appeared in 1800. It's pristine condition is due largely to the fact that the palace sat untouched and unoccupied for I think something like 100 years. There were seats covered in upholstery that had been cross-stitched by King Friedrich's wife...and they looked not even 30 years old.
Here is a front view of the palace. It was pouring rain at this point and it was cool. I was excited to be out exploring but wondered how much fun this visit to Ludwigsburg and the Pumpkin Festival was going to be if the rain didn't let up.
Here is a view from the other side of the palace grounds.
Remember...I said pouring.
Here is a view inside the palace courtyard. It took about an hour or so but the sun finally decided to make an appearance. You can tell in some of the Pumpkin Festival photos in my previous post that it really did get pretty sunny.
This was inside the main entry.
These statues were along the walls of one of the stairwells.
This was the bedroom of King Friedrich I. The tour guide told us that the curtains were a bright turquoise color during the king's time.
There were two theaters on the palace grounds. We got to go inside one.
I loved all the ceiling paintings. Made me excited about the prospect of seeing the Sistine Chapel while we are here in Europe.
This was one of the royal receiving rooms and for some reason I want to say it was in a section of the palace that was used during hunting trips. That palace was out in what would have been considered the country or the boondocks by those high society folks living in the big city. What was so cool about this room was the illusionist painting. The ceiling is actually flat but the painting makes it look curved.
This was one of the sitting rooms near the king's bedroom. That's a painting of the king on the wall.
This is the only picture of me from the palace tour. Records that I was in fact there :-) Those are some of the palace gardens in the background.
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