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Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg Review
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Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg
- Address: Schloss Str. 30, Ludwigsburg
- Phone: 07141/182-004 for information
- www.schloesser-und-gaerten.de
- Category: Museums/Galleries, Castles/Palaces, Arts/Performance Venues
- Location: Ludwigsburg
Fodor's Review:
Ludwigsburg merits a stop to visit Germany's largest baroque palace, Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg. It celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2004, after 15 years of renovation at a cost of EUR 92 million.
The "Versailles of Swabia" is surrounded by the fragrant, colorful 74-acre park Blühendes Barock (Blooming Baroque. EUR 7. www.blueba.de. Mid-Mar.-Oct., daily 7:30 AM-8:30 PM; Nov.-early Mar., daily 9-6:30), replete with splendid gardens, fountains, aviaries, a Märchengarten (fairy-tale garden), and a "water playground" that delights visitors of all ages. The palace is also home to the Porzellan-Manufaktur Ludwigsburg (store weekdays 9:30-12:30 and 1:30-5:30, Sat. 10-1. www.ludwigsburger-porzellan.de), where a film, shown daily, presents the artists who hand-paint the manufactory's exquisite porcelain. A five-minute walk north of the palace (across Marbacher Strasse) brings you to the Jagdschloss Favorite, a "small" summer residence and hunting lodge of the dukes of Württemberg.
Additional highlights are the annual Schlossfestspiele, with concerts, theater, opera, dance, and exhibitions in the palace and the surrounding park (June-mid-September) and the three new museums that opened in the palace in 2004: the Barockgalerie, a collection of German and Italian baroque paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries; the Keramikmuseum, a collection of historical treasures from the porcelain manufactories in Meissen, Nymphenburg, Berlin, Vienna, and Ludwigsburg, supplemented by a section devoted to contemporary ceramics; and the Modemuseum, showcasing three centuries of fashion, particularly royal clothing of the 18th century.
- Cost: Residenzschloss EUR 5; Favorite EUR 2.50; museums only EUR 5; Barocke Erlebniskarte (park, 2 palaces, 3 museums) EUR 13
- Open: Palaces and museums daily 10-5
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