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Pools, cascades and terraced gardens have been laid out in Italian villa
style, on the slopes of the valley which forms a vista in line with the
Palace. The flower-beds are formal, with beech hedges and boxwood bushes
trained in pyramids. Climb up to the rotunda of the Temple of Venus, where
the main viewpoint is above a large ornamental lake. Descend, keeping the
castle on your right, to climb the opposite slope to the Moorish pavilion
and the grotto. Water Parterre and linden tree - The geometric garden area surrounded by hornbeam hedges is dominated by a large pool with the gilt fountain group. The fountain, operated solely through the pressure of the natural gradient, can rise up to 22 m into the air. The massive tree that disturbs the geometry of the design, a linden tree around 300 years old, is said to have given the farm originally on this site – and hence also the palace – its name.
Terrace Gardens - The three terraces on the slope known as the "Linderbichl" were designed in the Italianate garden style. Among the decorative features are two lions of cast zinc and the Naiad Fountain; on the stairs are numerous cast zinc vases and the ornamental flower beds are highlighted with bell-shaped fountains. In the middle of the terrace complex is a grotto-like niche containing a bust of Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
Moorish Pavilion - A reminder of the Paris Exhibition 1867, this building was used by Ludwig II whenever he decided to play the Oriental potentate. The Grotto - The entrance to this extravagant cavern is reminiscent of Ali Baba. On the lake, illuminated by the play of colored lights, floats a boat shaped like a huge conch shell. The reason for this whim is to be found in the Venus episode in Wagner's opera Tannhäuser.
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