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Today's featured article Courtyard of Ludwigsburg Palace Ludwigsburg Palace is a 452-room complex of 18 buildings in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the largest palatial estate in the country and has been called the "Versailles of Swabia". Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, began construction of the palace in 1704. Charles Eugene, the son of his successor, completed it and refurbished parts in the Rococo style, especially its theatre. Charles Eugene abandoned the palace in 1775, and it began a decline until Frederick, the future duke, moved into the palace in 1795. As King of Württemberg, Frederick and his wife Queen Charlotte renovated the entirety of the palace in the Neoclassical style. The palace was opened to the public in 1918. It underwent periods of restoration, including for its tercentenary in 2004. It has hosted the Ludwigsburg Festival annually since 1947. The palace is surrounded by gardens named Blooming Baroque (Blühendes Barock), laid out in 1954 as they might have appeared in 1800. (Full article...) Recently featured: Siege of Guînes (1352) Boundary Fire (2017) Beulé Gate Did you know... Yunxian 1 skull ... that the skulls of Yunxian Man (example pictured) are "relatively complete" despite being heavily crushed? ... that Travis Clayton went from the eighth tier of English rugby union to being drafted into the National Football League, even though he had never played in an American football game? ... that David Ben Avraham was granted Israeli residency after being killed by an IDF soldier? ... that the mouse protagonist Mrs. Brisby from The Secret of NIMH had her name changed because of a trademark issue from a toy named "Frisbee"? ... that Tachikawa Sumito made a hit cover in 1976 of a song that he first discovered when a housewife called into his radio show requesting to hear a version of it? ... that Riley Testut developed AltStore because he wanted to publish his emulator Delta? ... that the Obonga–Ottertooth Provincial Park is a significant habitat for woodland moose? ... that Albert Wesker's character design evokes the aesthetic of the Nazi ideal of the Übermensch, reflecting Resident Evil's "core" theme of eugenics? ... that after John Henry Newman wrote his Apologia Pro Vita Sua in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley, Kingsley compared Newman to a "treacherous ape" and implied that he was insane?

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