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The villa
It was a summer day residence with no bedroom
Hellbrunn Palace was built in 1613 to 19 by Markus Sittikus von Hohenems, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, and named for the clear spring that supplied it. The archbishop usually returned to Salzburg in the evening, so there is no bedroom.
The jokes
The watergames were practical jokes played on guests
The watergames were conceived by Markus Sittikus, a man with a keen sense of humour, as practical jokes to be performed on guests. Stone seats around a stone dining table spray water from a conduit, and hidden fountains surprise guests on the tour.
The dry spot
At every trick one spot stays dry, where the archbishop sat
At each of the water features there is a spot that is never wet. That was where the archbishop stood or sat, with no water conduit, and it is today occupied by the tour guide.
The theatre
A water-powered theatre of 1750 has some 200 automata
A mechanical, water-operated and music-playing theatre built in 1750 has some 200 automata showing various professions at work. In a grotto a crown is pushed up and down by a jet of water, symbolising the rise and fall of power.
One month
The Monatschlössl was built in one month after a visitor's remark
The park holds a small building called the Monatschlössl, the little month-palace, built in one month after a visitor remarked that a building on the hill would improve the view. It now houses the ethnographical section of the Carolina Augusteum Museum.
Day 3, afternoon
It comes after Makartsteg.
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