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V, C h a /ri, assembly-room, an d buildings fo r gentlemen a ttendants.
c, Th ea tre an d ap artmen ts for officers a n d gentlemen a tten
d an ts on the a rchduke.
d . Summer dining-room, b illiard room for the .archduke,
b illiard -ro om for h is gentlemen a ttendants, a n d lodgings
e, Kitchen an d other offices.
/ , Orangeries.
g. Vineries.
A, Academy of a rt.
I, Evangelical chapel.
j , Aviaries.
k . New m ilita ry academy.
I, lUding-school.
between tho years 1763 and 1767, during tho time of the Archduke Charles, triio,
however, could not raise money enough to finish all its appendages and details i t is
situated on high tahlc-land in the midst of a veiy extensive forest, consisting chiefly ot
beech • but Avitli oaks, spmce firs, pines, bfrches, and trembling poplars intervening
occasionally. This natural forest is now what it has always b e e n ; but of the ancient
srardens there is scarcely a trace remaining. The palace, or lust-liaus (plcasurc-house),
may be described as resembling that of Mon Repos (§ 343.), but upon a laa-pr scale
(iiq 88 ) I t exliibits the same surrounding ai'cadc, smmounted by a broad terrace,
and ascended by a ramp, with the same cupola in the centre. The ai'chitccture, • however
is in worse ta s te ; it is covered with painted and gilt ornaments of the most
tawdry description; which, with the wooden balustrades, ai-e now fast falling to decay.
The rain in 1828, was falling through the roof in a great many places, and rotting
the painted and rieldy gilt ceilings and cornices, and the miserable remains of the
once costly furniture and pictures. I f the effect of solitude can be heightened by
desolation, the whole may be said to be in excellent keeping, ftie re is, however, one
fine feature of this place, which must not be forgotten ; and that is, the prospects Avhicii
extend in all directions from the ten-acc. The extent of these prospects will be understood,
wlicii we mention, that the situation of Solitude is nearly 2000 feet above the
W n iT EM B E liG GARDENS.
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m, Stables, coach-houscB, &c.
»!, Open space for feeding tbe deer an d sheep d u rin g winter,
o, Broad open grasa-walRs for th e pasturage ol th e sheep,
p , Orange g arden, in wliich th e trees a re set o u t in paraii
rows on bods of grass.
q, Nursery.
r, Cliinesc house an d garden,
s. Scroll o f hedges
t. Grand arcade or covered way of trellis-work andv o g eta ticn
for walking u n der d u rin g tho mid-day sun in summer.
It, Lahyriiith.
V, Carden theatre.
w, Ponds.
a:. Avenue of orange trees.
y . Mall an d terraces.
z . Arboretum.
level of tlie s e a : and that the country falls from it, though gently, on every side. Eoi
miles around the palace, this country is covered with forest, which forms a foreground
to upwards of sixty towns and villages seen in the distance. But the ffiiest view is that
towards the palace of Ludwigshurg, along an avenue of several miles in length, ms-
tinctly seen fi-om one end to the other. This avenue descends into a broad valley
and rises again on the opposite side, till it reaches Ludwigshurg, m a tmly magmhcent
manner. This and the other long straight avenues which are found m these gronnd.s,
form their redeeming- points, and would have a still better effect than they ha-ve, wcie
they not intersected by so many shorter avenues. Long straight avenues have always a
m.aicstic appearance, and produce ideas of splendour and luxtuy, as they can only he
produced in places of gi-eat extent, and cannot possibly bo imitated on a smtotacalc.
Tho numerous parterres, however, with which the gn-ounds of Solitude are crowded, may
bo exactly imitated in places of very small extent, and hy pi-opnetors of very limited
means. As they can only be seen in detail, they give no ideas of grandeur and mag-
nificcnco, and instead of appearing like paits of a great whole, they give rrthe r the idea
of a number of small subui-han gardens closely adjoining each other. The immense
numher of ponds in this garden is char.actcristio of the German style, as the landscape-
gardeners of Germany generally consider water to be the “ life and soul of a garden.