Dark Enigma - Nymphenburg Palace

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Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the weird, wonderful, unexplained, eerie, scary and down-right unbelievable. There will be tales of ghosts, murder, supernatural beings and unexplained mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, relax and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....

And on today’s Dark enigma we’re going to jump back to some travel themed stories as I had a ton of emails letting me know you really liked learning about new places. And we all know, I aim to please…. That’s me, people pleaser extraordinaire. Anyways, enough of that… as always, we will be playing our drinking game but please remember the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. And since our story tonight is from Deutchland, we must think Oktoberfest so tonight’s libation is going to be, you guessed it… BEER!! Now if you want to be true to the German roots, you need to get a very heady lager, but really, it’s your choice.

Now, for the game part… every time I say Palace that will be a single shot and every time I say Munich, that’s a double shot. Now that we have the business end out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma…and the story of a wicked, evil-eyed dancer who brought down a king. That’s, right, this is how a Bavarian king’s obsession with beautiful women—including the infamous actress Lola Montez—cost him his throne. So let’s jump in head first my heathens….

Of the innumerable palaces that dot the Bavarian lands, few are as bizarre and delightful as the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. Situated on what was once the western outskirts of the city, the palace was begun in 1664 and expanded and redecorated for two centuries. It is dominated by, for lack of a better description, a stretched out cubic Italianate edifice which is in turn flanked by wings that are capped by smaller cubes. Pyramid roofs of red-orange top each of the cubes, contrasting nicely with the cream and periwinkle grey walls. Its Baroque grounds are famed for its swans as well as the show-stopping Amalienburg Hall of Mirrors. The Rococo and Neoclassical interior is no less stunning, most notably the lavish Great Hall.