Solitude Pics Part 1 (Rosenau Park)
YAY! Pictures are uploaded! I used my trusty photobucket again... sooo... because you all wanted to see the pics of the glas museum.... I will start with the park! LOL! Yes I'm evil like that. :P
There were info signs all over the park, so I took pics of them and copied the text for you all to read. Yes, all info signs were in German AND English. Well, it makes sense since it IS an English style park AND - I'll never get tired of mentioning it - the birth place of Prince Albert, later husband to Queen Victoria of England. Yes, that makes the current Queen and her children direct descendats of good ol' Prince Al. Mock this all you want, Doctor!!! It is still the truth!! :P
Anyway:, here's what the sign said about the park itself:
The impressive and beautiful park at Rosenau Palace is a romantic interpretation of the English landscape park. It was created at the beginning of the the 19th century under Duke Ernst I. of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha. The park, which covers over 36 hectares, contains native and exotic trees and shrubs set out in groups in a landscape of broad meadows, streams and ponds. It provides a prefect setting for the neogothic architecture of the buildings, in particular the palace itself, originally a medieval knight's castle. Rosenau Palace, with its viewing terrace, is the principal attraction. The interior furnishings and fittings are almost entirely preserved from the days of the Dukes of Coburg who used the palace and park in the 19 century as a summer residence.
In 1972, the Free State of Bavaria took over what was by then a dilapidated palace and neglected park. Since then the grounds and buildings have been restored and maintained by the Bavarian Department for State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes).
The former tea house, now the park restaurant.
Horse stables. I used to have riding lessons here when I was a child.
The Swan Lake - it looks a bit less like a mud hole in spring/ summer afaik.
Victory column... apparently the Dukes held little knight tournaments in the park as well.
Waterfall and grotto.
It is too bad that there was no sun, otherwise the colors of the pics would have been so much brighter.
Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3!
There were info signs all over the park, so I took pics of them and copied the text for you all to read. Yes, all info signs were in German AND English. Well, it makes sense since it IS an English style park AND - I'll never get tired of mentioning it - the birth place of Prince Albert, later husband to Queen Victoria of England. Yes, that makes the current Queen and her children direct descendats of good ol' Prince Al. Mock this all you want, Doctor!!! It is still the truth!! :P
Anyway:, here's what the sign said about the park itself:
The impressive and beautiful park at Rosenau Palace is a romantic interpretation of the English landscape park. It was created at the beginning of the the 19th century under Duke Ernst I. of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha. The park, which covers over 36 hectares, contains native and exotic trees and shrubs set out in groups in a landscape of broad meadows, streams and ponds. It provides a prefect setting for the neogothic architecture of the buildings, in particular the palace itself, originally a medieval knight's castle. Rosenau Palace, with its viewing terrace, is the principal attraction. The interior furnishings and fittings are almost entirely preserved from the days of the Dukes of Coburg who used the palace and park in the 19 century as a summer residence.
In 1972, the Free State of Bavaria took over what was by then a dilapidated palace and neglected park. Since then the grounds and buildings have been restored and maintained by the Bavarian Department for State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes).
The former tea house, now the park restaurant.
Horse stables. I used to have riding lessons here when I was a child.
The Swan Lake - it looks a bit less like a mud hole in spring/ summer afaik.
Victory column... apparently the Dukes held little knight tournaments in the park as well.
Waterfall and grotto.
It is too bad that there was no sun, otherwise the colors of the pics would have been so much brighter.
Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3!