Schlosspark Nymphenburg
Sprawling baroque garden of canals, cascades and a deliberately built fake ruin for royal contemplation.
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In Schlosspark Nymphenburg in Munich, a deliberately built fake ruin sits among the trees, commissioned by Elector Max Emanuel from architect Joseph Effner. Inside waits a hermit's cell with a shell-covered grotto chapel, a human skull on a table, and a crucifix he carried home as plunder from his wars in Hungary. The guide traces why a man who built a garden meant to declare his glory also asked for a room meant to remind him of his own mortality.
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