Favorite castle
Not far from the town of Rastatt, if you go from Baden-Baden to the north, there is a castle Favorite. This place after which is good and calm in the soul. I advise e to drive past him ..
He, like the castle in Rastatte, in imitation of Versailles, painted in pink color - typical baroque. The palace is famous for the collection of Chinese porcelain, including a rare lacquer painting on black lacise. It is considered the oldest German "porcelain castle" and the only castle of this kind that was not rebuilt. The castle built an architect ROOR in 1710-1730 for the widow of Marcgraf by famous victories over the Turks and the nicknamed because of the Turkish Louis as a country summer residence. The luxury room of the terren or terrane or garden hall is dominated in the smack. So called special halls at the ground level. Such halls are typical for the 18th century, often grottoes and fountains. The porcelain collection gives a complete picture of different stages, styles and directions of the so-called chinerymeri - European imitation of the Chinese china. In this castle, the only in Europe, the Florentine Cabinet has been preserved - with Mosaic Mosaic technique. So for lovers of art, this place is simply necessary for visiting.
Park types, parking architecture of the castle are just amazing. I have not seen such idyll yet anywhere. In the park there is a pavilion Hermitage Word of Ereptage, from which the Russian Hermitage occurred, refers to privacy (remember the monks-Eurmitov). It blooms magnolia, mimosa, edible chestnut grows. Park Architect - Michael Schweikert. Such parks were always called an obscure garden (on Neemetsky Lustgamen, a park for mood). The park was intended for hunting - before there were pavilions with pheasants. There is a winter garden, lake and swans, cozy arbors. This wonderful lake once became the scenery of the Seryala Channel ARD "Tsarevna Frog".
