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Thursday, September 4, 2008

The Bayreuth Hofgarten

Princess Wilhemina, the sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia, put Bayreuth on the map well before Richard Wagner. Her "Residence" is a confectionary residence, with the Italianate Hofgarten adjoining. Classical mermaid statues...

Allees of trees...
Romantic statues rising out of pools...
And inviting statuesque caryatids supporting a balcony on the Residence.

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