Herrenhäuser Allee

To the south of the Herrenhausen Gardens in Hannover's Herrenhäuser Allee lies the geometrically designed Grosser Garten (1666-1714), the best preserved example of an Early Baroque garden in Germany, with a cascade, fountains, an orangery and a garden theater.

The palace of Herrenhausen, at the end of the Herrenhäuser Allee in Hannover, was destroyed during the Second World War. The only surviving part of the palace is the Gallery Wing (1698). In the middle section is the Baroque Hall, two stories high, with a large cycle of frescoes on the story of Aeneas by the Italian painter Tommaso Giusti. It is now a concert hall used for the summer festival, "Music and Drama in Herrenhausen".