{"id":200,"date":"2013-02-03T09:48:55","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T09:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2013-01-28T22:51:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T22:51:16","slug":"wurtzburgs-bishops-residenze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wurtzburgs-bishops-residenze\/","title":{"rendered":"Wurtzburg’s Bishop’s Residenze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Known as the heart of Europe, Germany has plenty of fantastic tourist attractions and unique sights to offer. Visitors from all over the world travel to Germany to see architectural treasures and fascinating places of natural beauty. So, it will be quite exciting to begin your trip with a relaxing and scenic Danube River cruise<\/em> or Main River cruise<\/em> to visit some wonderful destinations.<\/p>\n

Wurtzburg Residenze-the former residence of prince bishops of Wurzburg-is one of the several attractions in Germany and stands as a wonderful example of architecture and beauty.<\/p>\n

Wurtzburg Residenze is one of the most important baroque palaces in Europe and has been a UNESCO world cultural heritage site since 1981. The uniqueness and unity of style makes it one of the finest south German baroque palaces. No wonder, it is also known as \u201cpalace of palaces.\u201d\u00a0 It was originally designed for Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Sch\u00f6nborn by the then young and unknown architect Balthasar Neumann and was completed in sixty years. The shell of the palace was built from 1720 to 1744 and the interior finished in 1780.<\/p>\n

The staircase of Wurtzburg Residenze is world-famous as it is roofed by an unsupported vault featuring one of the largest ceiling frescos in the world, painted in 1752\/53 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and is an allegory of the four continents of the earth known at the time.<\/p>\n

Wurtzburg Residenze has a magnificent sequence of rooms that starts in the vestibule and the Garden Hall, continues to the staircase and the White Hall, and through to the Imperial Hall, which also features frescos by Tiepolo.<\/p>\n

A great attraction inside the Wurtzburg Residenze is the completely restored mirrored hall, which was reopened in 1987. There are around 40 palace rooms to visit with a rich array of furniture, tapestries, paintings and other 18th century treasures. Court Chapel is one of the finest examples of religious art in W\u00fcrzburg and you can enter it separately from the southern front yard. The State Gallery contains Venetian art from the 17th and 18th centuries.<\/p>\n

Wurtzburg Court Garden is extremely beautiful and gives you a wonderful time to enjoy art and nature. It was designed at the end of the 18th century by the landscape gardener Johann Prokop Mayer, featuring sculptures by Johann Peter Wagner.<\/p>\n

The place is so unique;\u00a0 you shouldn\u2019t miss visiting it. So, get aboard a Germany river cruise<\/a> and get lost in the wonders of this marvelous architectural creation!<\/p>\n

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