Achillion Palace

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Achillion Palace

 

Achillion Palace

 

the entrance to the grounds

 

The Palace was built in the 1890's as a summer palace for
"Sissi", Austria's Empress Elizabeth
(King Otto of Greece was her uncle)

 

roof line detail

 

Empress Elizabeth

 

 

Bronze plaques beside the palace entrance

 

entry door

 

 

the imposing stairway to the second level

 

the ceiling

 

Elizabeth's Bed Chamber

 

her mirror

 

and clothing chamber

 

her Rococo style room

 

cherub decorations

 

 

room sculpture valences

 

The Second Floor Sculpture Patio

More Photos of the Sculpture Patio

 

in the garden

More Photos of the Gardens


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