Heidelberg Castle

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Heidelberg Castle and Alte (or Karl-Theodor) Brücke (bridge) over the Neckar River, Heidelberg, Germany.

Heidelberg Castle

Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

Heidelberg Castle

castle, Heidelberg, Germany

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Heidelberg
…million people visit the imposing Heidelberg Castle every year. Although devastated by the French in 1689 and 1693 and then struck by lightning in 1764, this magnificent red sandstone structure, 330 feet (100 meters) above the river, still dominates the city. Construction began in the 13th century, but the most…
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…million people visit the imposing Heidelberg Castle every year. Although devastated by the French in 1689 and 1693 and then struck by lightning in 1764, this magnificent red sandstone structure, 330 feet (100 meters) above the river, still dominates the city. Construction began in the 13th century, but the most…
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Western architecture
Germany
…to the Gothic castle at Heidelberg (burned by the French in 1689). The three tall stories presented the usual verticality of northern architecture, but there was an understanding of the Classical superimposition of the orders with Corinthian above Ionic. Nevertheless, there was a certain freedom in the treatment of the…
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…to the Gothic castle at Heidelberg (burned by the French in 1689). The three tall stories presented the usual verticality of northern architecture, but there was an understanding of the Classical superimposition of the orders with Corinthian above Ionic. Nevertheless, there was a certain freedom in the treatment of the…
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