Today I went to a castle on an island on lake Chiemsee. It is a very very famous tourist location about 30 minutes east of Rosenheim. There we saw the Herrenchiemsee, which is a castle that King Ludwig II built. The Bavarian people here don't even know why he built it. We took some tours of the castle, and I learned that he was actually crazy. He took the throne at the age of 18. He was very into art and music and being modern, and he was boastful of his righteousness. They also explained to me that he would just build random castles, just because he could. He was the King. This castle was meant to be a replica of The Palace of Versailles in France. But half of it is not finished. There are some rooms in it that are complete replicas of The Palace in France, and then Ludwig II built some of his own rooms. He only actually slept in the castle for 10 days, and there was never an event that occurred at this castle. He simply built it because he wanted to. Like I said, He was crazy. I learned a lot of Bavarian culture today, and the castle was amazing. I will post a few pictures, but these are only from the outside, they would not allow us to take pictures on the inside.
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| Front of the Caslte |
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| Fountain |
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| Fountain |
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