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Schloss Nymphenburg and the Englischer Garten
Home » Germany » Munich - Restaurants and Activities » Schloss Nymphenburg and the Englischer GartenThough hardly far away, the Schloss Nymphenburg (Nymphenburg Palace) was considered the summer home for the Wittelsbachs. It was begun in 1664 and added onto over the years. The great hall displays frescos by Johann Baptist Zimmerman. The adjacent park is absolutely spectacular. It covers over 500 acres and is dotted with lovely pavilions. It is naturally at its most beautiful in the spring.
Surpassing the size of New York City's Central Park, the nearby English Gardens is a massive and beautiful urban park. Founded by Benjamin Thompson (also known as Count von Rumford) in 1789, it was designed in the style of the informal English Gardens popular at the time, thus giving it its moniker, Englischer Garten. One of the park's claim-to-fames are the glorious beer gardens, and the most famous is Biergarten Chinesischer Turm. It serves massively large beers and traditional Bavarian food.
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