Amalienburg

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Amalienburg is a hunting lodge constructed in 1734-1739 by François de Cuvilliés for Charles VII and his wife, Maria Amalia of Austria, in the park of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich and in the eyes of many experts, it is the finest example of the German Rococo.

Designed by François de Cuvilliés who helped make the Rococo the most important style of the first half of the 18th Century by publishing many books on subjects such as: interior decoration, wall paneling, ceilings, furniture, wrought-iron work, and other decorative subjects between 1738 and 1756.

Amalienburg was built and designed between 1734 and 1739 for the Electress Maria Amalia, and the majority of the interior layout is given over to the round Hall of Mirrors in the center of the building which was done by Johann Baptist Zimmermann and Joachim Dietrich (1690-1753) and creates an ethereal atmosphere in the Bavarian national colors, silver and blue. Some rooms are clustered, such as the Blue Cabinet (the bedroom of the Electress). The tiny palace keeps also a kennel room for the hunting dogs.

The kitchen is decorated with precious tiles from Delft which when put up, were mixed up when the workers were building it thought that the Delft tiles were in order. The Castrol stove (1735) constructed for the kitchen is a masonry construction with several fireholes covered by perforated iron plates. It is also known as a stew stove and the first design that completely enclosed the fire appear.

External links

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