The small pleasure palace Monrepos lies in a lake garden. The straight-as-an-arrow, 1.9 mile (3 kilometer) long lake palace avenue from Favorite Palace still shows visitors the way today.
Monrepos was built under Duke Carl Eugen in the years 1758 to 1764 on a raised tract of land. During the summer, "the most gracious folk" were to "be able to amuse themselves with pleasures". Once Carl Eugen had turned his interest to other buildings, the small baroque palace lay dormant for many decades.
Not until Duke Friedrich II and his court architect Thouret was it remodeled in the classicistic style and furnished to provide a suitable setting for hunting celebrations. The level of the lake was also lowered and the geometric garden was turned into an English landscape garden in accordance with the taste of the age. However, even today it is still possible to row a rowboat around the idyllic lake, although such rides are less luxurious than those at the time of Duke Carl Eugens, when gondolas brought from Venice were steered by real gondoliers.
The palace is owned by the House of Württemberg and can only be visited on special arrangement