Tuesday, March 13, 2007

court garden

springtime in bavaria
clipped from en.wikipedia.org
The Hofgarten is a very popular spot, shown here on the first sunny weekend in spring

The garden was built in 1613-1617 by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria as an Italian style Renaissance garden. In the center of the garden is a pavilion for the goddess Diana, built in 1615 by Heinrich Schön the elder. A path leads from each of the eight arches. On the roof of the Diana pavilion is the replica of a sculpture of Bavaria from Hubert Gerhard, created in 1623. The original is in the Kaisersaal of the Residenz.

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