Linderhof

在新天鵝城堡的建造中，Ludwig把自己狂熱的夢想主義發揮到了極致，也因此把自己的國庫逼到了傾家蕩產的邊緣，工程頻頻財政告急，直到他逝世，很多房間都沒有來得及裝修。

掩映在青山之間的Linderhof，一開始隻是Ludwig的一個小獵宮，隨著不斷地擴建，Ludwig對這個小行宮的興趣越來越濃，Linderhof最後成為他數個城堡中唯一完全竣工的，也是裝修最為奢華的。國王臥室裏的巨大的彩色陶瓷鏡子極其精美，還有燦爛奪目的鏡室。在餐廳裏，他很有創意地設計了可以升降的餐桌，客人們用完一道菜以後，桌子會下沉到樓下傭人的廚房裏，立即清理，重新上下一道菜，然後再升上來，這樣主客都可以不受傭人的穿梭打擾。

但是我最喜歡的，還是城堡外麵的優美風景。設計者巧妙地利用了城堡的山勢，花園，層疊式噴泉和雕塑完美地相互襯托，讓人流連忘返。




城堡前麵。以古神話的人物作為裝飾，細節富麗堂皇。頂端是被宙斯懲罰而背著天球的Atlas。


城堡後麵，山坡頂上，是綠色的Music Pavilion，層疊世的人工泉水從那裏緩緩泄下，最低處，是海神和他的馬群。拍照片的時候，好不容易等到人都走完了，但是這個小姑娘久久地站在那裏不肯離去，不知道是什麽吸引了她，嗬嗬，就把她一起拍進去了。



在人工泉水的兩邊，四尊女神雕像，各占兩邊，代表歐亞非美四大洲，有趣的是，亞洲和歐洲的女神像，衣著華麗講究，而美洲非洲的兩個女神，則是身體半裸，書裏介紹說，這代表了當時歐洲對civilised continents 和 new continents的區別。




城堡花園規劃很嚴謹，非常對稱，各有相對應的噴泉，花卉，綠色長廊，和雕塑。西麵的噴泉是一個叫做Fama的女神像，站在地球上。書裏說，Fama代表著“傳言”，真假難辨，用她的號角把真真假假的話語傳播在人世間，隻有真正有智慧的人，才能分辨。



東麵對應的噴泉，是丘比特，他手中的弓不知道為什麽沒有了，隻有潺潺的水柱代替他的箭。和對麵的謠言女神帶來真假傳言一樣，丘比特的箭，不止帶來愛的甜蜜，也帶來愛的痛苦。



Ludwig特別要求的深藍色的意大利花瓷雕塑。


花園裏的雕塑都有著各自的意義，讓人深思。比如西邊的花園，四尊雕像分別代表著四季，也代表了人從盛年到衰老的階段。春天是美麗年輕的女子，冬天則是低頭沉思的老人。



城堡前的噴泉，定時升起。



噴泉中的雕像，Flora，代表著花卉和春天的女神。


水池的四周，分別站著代表這一天不同時間的女神，morning, midday, evening 和night. Ludwig把這些細節都想到了，在這個小小城堡中，他是自己的國王，夢想著掌握著世界的時間，元素（水火土），季節。

從城堡通過兩邊對稱的綠色長廊，可以到達山坡頂上的音樂涼亭。腳下細細的沙粒，山上的涼風，還有耳邊的鳥鳴，國王的生活畢竟是不同啊，嗬嗬。


從音樂涼亭，可以俯瞰整個城堡和周邊的花園，還有遠處讓人屏息的山景。
如果是秋天來的話，滿山紅葉，一定更美。
一對老夫婦精神矍鑠，讓人羨慕，偷偷拍照一張，嗬嗬。
音樂涼亭名不符實，書裏說，Ludwig從來不在這裏聽音樂，相反在深夜的時候，這裏會架起書桌和椅子，國王在月光下閱讀曆史和科技書籍，很酷嗬。


 
城堡對麵的維納斯花園正在維修，很可惜不能進去。就隻能仰頭看看藍天下優雅的女神像了。

[(=^y^=)]

LF,

We went to Munich and Bavarian 10 years ago. I really enjoyed the richness fo the land and breathtaking views of the mountains. Thanks again for sharing the photos. They bring back such sweet memories.

cat

[albert88]

風格有點像凡爾賽宮，但起伏地勢和滿目蒼翠使得這個城堡獨具特色。
落花妹妹的攝影和解說都很好，詩情畫意啊

[縱然平行]

Granted, I am neither a photography buff, nor having the credentials to be an artistic critic, but I do think that your pictures did a good job to capture the essence of pulchritude under September sky in Bavaria, Germany.

As we may know, the definition of beauty can be quite subjective, let along be elusive to our often overloaded eyes time to time, But, the common consensus is beauties do exist in our lives. The question often is being asked is “Can we discover them and make the connection ?” To me, your tasteful photos have answered that satisfactorily.

However, I do have a small complain. It seems to me that certain physical quality that delights the mind and sense which had been crafted in the figures of “Venus”and “Fama” was 'accidentally' blocked or‘deliberately’censored in your pictures. :(. Maybe, that is because beauty is in eyes of beholder, I assume :).

Thank you much for your time and efforts to share.

Appreciated.

[dadaland]

從長廊走上音樂涼亭~~~

[落花飄零]

appleflower,i strongly suggest you go without tour group, so that you can adjust the trip according to your interest, the weather and other factors, unless you have very limited time.

most germans speak very decent english, better than i do at least, so i didn't have trouble getting around.

when i have time, i will summarize my schedule, but please keep in mind that my trip was very layback and i didn't go other cities at all, most people won't consider this is wise.

[AppleFlower]

LuoHua,

I actually just recently got back from visiting Europe as well. I was never interested in visiting Germany until I saw your pictures. Now, I want to go too. :) Please do share with us how you planned your trip. Am I correct that you went independently? (I mean without a tour group.) Was it easy getting around Germany?

[落花飄零]

很高興你要去阿，希望你喜歡那裏，回來多交流。等我有空寫個流水賬總結。

[Aprilwind]

嗯,這差不多是我的下一度假之地了.謝謝分享.

[落花飄零]

appleflower, i did, i loved every minute of it!

影子，走在那條長廊上，真的感覺很舒服的，國王畢竟是會享受啊，嗬嗬

[sunshadow]

喜歡那張走廊兩邊都是ivy的~~~

[AppleFlower]

Beautiful pictures! You must have had a great vacation. :)