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Pools, cascades and terraced gardens have been laid out in Italian villa
style, on the slopes of the valley which forms a vista in line with the
Palace. The flower-beds are formal, with beech hedges and boxwood bushes
trained in pyramids. Climb up to the rotunda of the Temple of Venus, where
the main viewpoint is above a large ornamental lake. Descend, keeping the
castle on your right, to climb the opposite slope to the Moorish pavilion
and the grotto.
Moorish Pavilion - A reminder of the Paris Exhibition 1867, this building was used by Ludwig whenever he decided to play the Oriental potentate.
The Grotto - The entrance to this extravagant cavern is reminiscent of Ali Baba. On the lake, illuminated by the play of colored lights, floats a boat shaped like a huge conch shell. The reason for this whim is to be found in the Venus episode in Wagner's opera Tannhäuser.
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