Chapter 345: Wittelsbach Palace
Robin took everyone to visit the Wittelsbach Palace, which is also the largest palace in the whole of Germany, and the Wittelsbach family, Charles VII and Ludwig IV, who were once Holy Roman Emperors, strengthened the expansion of the palace, and the scale of the palace is now seen.
Wittelsbach Palace is located in the center of Munich, is a historical ancient building complex, was seriously damaged during World War II, and then rebuilt, the appearance of the main building is under repair, but there is no trace of any engineering from a distance, the original outside hung a picture of the main building of the same scale, very environmentally friendly, beautiful.
"When you come to Germany, you must see the palace, speaking of Wittelsbach, it is really the oldest and oldest family in Europe, the family has a high background, has established several dynasties in Germany, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, the famous Princess Sissi, Ludwig II, that is, the founder of Neuschwanstein Castle, are from this family. ”
"The family is still very powerful, there are many celebrities, many are very powerful and famous people, and two became Holy Roman Emperors, one was elected King of Germany, and the influence of the Wittelsbach family on Bavaria is very far-reaching. ”
"Although the history is long, the family still retains all the titles and possessions, and is rich enough to rival the country, and there are still heirs to this day. ”
"So, even though hundreds of years have passed, there is still a constant influx of tourists to visit the family-built palace and marvel at the lavish decoration and magnificence of the place, and it can be said that the builders of that time treasured the most precious things that could be presented to everyone, and it was the nobles who collected some treasures that they considered precious for their personal interests. ”
Or if the nobles at that time wanted to show off and show their exploits, they needed to build luxurious palaces, and people had the mentality of showing off and wanted to be praised by future generations. ”
"Okay, let's briefly introduce these first, and I'll take you to take a look!"
"Okay!"
"Let's take a look at the exterior of this palace, as you all know, the use of fountains as architectural embellishments is a common technique, what started as a small fountain castle gradually became a magnificent palace divided by a prince, and the Wittelsbach family was very good at building luxurious palaces that looked grand and solemn. ”
"I went to introduce before, many royal nobles want to show off their wealth, the more luxurious they build the palace, the more they can show their authority, they want to live in a luxurious palace, the nobles with financial resources, but also spend money to build their own castles, which is not easy, it requires a lot of financial resources and manpower. ”
Qu Lihua listened to Robin's introduction while looking up, she had seen some European buildings before, and had already understood the characteristics of European architecture, especially the Romanesque round arches, Qu Lihua had seen them in many places.
In this palace also saw the Romanesque round arch, such a round arch is very solemn, with the Romanesque Roman columns, above the triangular eaves, above are some sculptures, this is the most commonly used form of expression in European classical architecture, it looks high-end atmosphere on the grade, very rich, the appearance is not more color, just some of the most simple stone original color, look solid, can withstand the wind and rain.
Walking into the palace, the decoration inside is really amazing, there are many rooms in the palace, the decoration is luxurious, there are many treasures, porcelain, silverware, royal supplies, and a lot of Chinese porcelain.
This makes Qu Lihua feel very surprised, in such a palace, you can also see Chinese porcelain, it can be seen that China's Silk Road, spread far, in Germany can also see the footprints of China's Silk Road, China's most representative porcelain, is the Silk Road, the most famous commodity of the ancient Chinese, used to exchange goods from other countries, Chinese porcelain, tea and more beautifully made chopsticks, silk are the ancient Chinese through the Silk Road, brought to the world goods.
At that time, Westerners were also more interested in Chinese goods, and the aristocracy would also spend money on them.
These crafts are very beautiful and luxurious, and one room displays many tall and delicate boxes, all of which are resplendent in gold, inlaid with various colored gemstones, and carved flowers and plants to the extreme.
The antiquities exhibition hall, the family portrait exhibition hall, and the king's private chapel are all very delicately decorated and magnificent, full of royal style, and many other rooms show the work and life of the nobles, with large tapestries, oil paintings, beds, tables and chairs.
The furnishings are all carefully arranged, especially the sculptures and paintings, which are often used in Europe to decorate the room, are particularly well done and look very exquisite.
"This palace is really very big!" Qu Lihua followed Robin around, still thinking that this palace is really very big, there are many rooms, there is an antiquities exhibition hall inside, and the hall is very majestic and magnificent, and there are many bust sculptures in the Renaissance period.
There are really a lot of sculptures, which gives Qu Lihua and Meng Wenjie a very deep dream of a year, there are many characters in the sculptures, some are head sculptures, and some are very famous sculptures, for example, the statue of Julius Caesar is black, very solemn and solemn, Qu Lihua has also heard the legend of Julius Caesar before.
This is a famous figure, there are still many sculptures around him, the decoration of the palace is really very beautiful, luxurious, the ceiling, the window edges are all strange colorful murals, mostly from Greek mythological stories.
There are also small chapels with marble inlays on the walls and a refreshing blue roof, intertwined with golden lace and patterns, which are very beautiful in the sun and stained glass.
Such a large area of tapestries can be seen everywhere in the palace, which is very distinctive, Qu Lihua has never seen such a tapestry before, with the theme of character stories, beautifully made, Robin told Qu Lihua that this kind of tapestry is also used for decoration, and the previous tapestries were made by hand.
"You can see the old weaving techniques, you can also see the old aesthetics, this kind of tapestry is still very characteristic of the Wittelsbach dynasty, they think it looks good, they will hang it here for decoration, although some buildings have been rebuilt, but the style is still according to the aesthetic style of the time. ”
The museum has a collection of portraits of important figures in the Wittelsbach family, and Robin took Qu Lihua to see the exquisite murals, which impressed Qu Lihua, which was really luxurious and magnificent.
The treasure hall is the treasure house of the famous Wittelsbach dynasty, which treasures a lot of treasures, which is a very distinctive antique treasure, these gold and silver vessels, glazed handicrafts, crystals, ivory products are the most pleasing to the eye in the collection of similar palaces in Europe, and beautiful, and very valuable for collection, very artistic value.