Residenz

The Residenz is the old royal palace in Munich. It was badly damaged during the war and reconstructed from pictures. They are still restoring parts.

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This statue is wearing an elephant hat.

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This is the grotto. They made a courtyard in a fancy palace look like an elaborately decorated cave.

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Caves are apparently decorated with seashells.

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Lots and lots of sea shells.

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In very unnatural colours.

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I can’t tell whether this guy is supposed to have horns or a crown.

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This is a big empty hall where rich people used to eat.

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It has a big collection of carved heads of dead people.

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The ceiling has old paintings of all of the cities in the area. Munich was much smaller back then.

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Royal bedrooms never look very comfortable.

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This is the 18th century version of taking a picture of in a lab coat in front of test tubes filled with food colouring to make them seem sciencey.

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This is a depiction of the annual banana harvest. The bananas are in the background and they are obviously collecting pineapples, but the label said it was a banana harvest so it must be true.

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There were lots of weird rooms with weird paintings and mirrors.

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This seems like a way to break a very expensive clock.

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I don’t remember what this is, but it looks shiny and expensive.

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This is the head of John the Baptist. There are only eight of those in the entire world!

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This is the fancy room where the relics used to be stored.

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This is the secret doorway out of the King’s bedroom.

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This is the king’s bedroom. The fence is for the audience who got to watch him go to bed and wake up in the morning.

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