02 April, 2010

Fountain at Schloss Linderhof

Linderhof Palace It is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one of which he lived to see completion.

The palace is surrounded by formal gardens that are subdivided into five sections that are decorated with allegoric sculptures of the continents, the seasons and the elements. This is the Naid Fountain and a close up of a water nymph in the south garden. In Greek mythology, the Naiads or Naiades were a type of nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks.

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