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Today's pic spam brought to you by my walking through the park of Nymphenburg whereupon I found that now that it's spring, all the minor small palaces in addition to the big palace have opened their doors for the visitors. And they're just drop gorgeous excessive Rococo, and I felt like sharing. So: here's how the Princes (Elector) of Bavaria lived. (When they became Kings of Bavaria, they mostly chose other residences, for practical reasons. And that was before Ludwig II. got the building bug.) Behold the late Baroque, early Rococo beauty of a Wittelsbach residence. Here's the main building: (On the right side which you can't see on the photo, there's the Nymphenburg porcellain manufactory. In the buildings on the left side, also beyond the picture frame, the former stables, the current Wittelsbach duke has his living quarters. The palaces themselves are state property now.