08/07/2023

The HIVE Tour - Episode 30c - The palace of palaces: Eremitage @ Bayreuth

So far I have showed you around the Old and New Palace of the Eremitage here East of Bayreuth in Germany. I've shared the stunning beauty of both so now it's time for a little mysticism. North of the New Palace a few steps down is the "Dragon's hole":

At least that's what I can understand by "Drachenhöhle" while I am not a German speaker. I smell some Japanese influences here.

Here's the steps you take to go down here:



And here's a closer look:



That's where this parenthesis closes and we go back to more royal beauty. Like this pond next to it:









This bridge would be much more sophisticated if it was built back in the day:


And this is the "Birdhouse":



Not sure what was its purpose precisely but form a think called "Vogelhaus" you can make your guesses.

It's easier to imagine what was the purpose of the following construction:

What a view it would be from this balcony down there back in the day:

Seems that they spent time assuring that the roof is aptly decorated till this thing was finished (1745):

Let's go down and have a closer look:

These cavities relate to its name ("Unteren Grotte" - Lower cave):



Interesting creations in this pool:




There's even little fishes in here and I took a picture in the hope you could see some but I am afraid it's in vain:

More cavities:





And a few more views to this, like it or not, impressive part of the whole complex:






This building is at the North East corner of this pool but I didn't manage to retrieve more info about it. Nice one though:



So that's it with the watery treasures of this estate so far, stay tuned for the rest of the beauties cause they are not over yet!

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