Nymphenburg Palace

Nymphenburg in circa 1760, as painted by Canaletto.

Aerial image of the Nymphenburg Palace.

The Nymphenburg Palace (German: Schloss Nymphenburg translated as Palace of the Nymphs) is a Baroque palace situated in Munich, in Bavaria, southern Germany. The palace was commissioned by the electoral couple Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide of Savoy to the designs of the Italian architect Agostino Barelli in 1664 after the birth of their son Maximilian II Emanuel. The central pavilion was completed in 1675. The palace was the favourite summer residence of the rulers of Bavaria. King Max I Joseph died there in 1825 and his great-grandson King Ludwig II was born there in 1845. Today, Nymphenburg is open to the public but also continues to be a home and chancery for the head of the House of Wittelsbach, currently Franz, Duke of Bavaria.