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In addition to their main palace (the Residenz), baroque princes also maintained small country houses in the immediate vicinity of as summer residences or hunting lodges. Eberhard Ludwig (reigning 1693-1733) had a hunting lodge built called the Favorite on a small hillock about 350 meters north of his palace. The commission was given to the Italian architect Donato Giuseppe Frisoni (1683-1735) in 1718.
A cube-shaped, two-storey central block with four corner towers rises above a broad lower floor with rusticated ashlar blocks. The corners are flanked by four pavilions with mansard roofs. The drive and the wide span of the free-standing steps are reminiscent of Italian Baroque villas.
The photo shows a view of the Favorite.
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