Heidelberg Castle
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Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.
Heidelberg Castle in 1620
The earliest known depiction of the castle, from Sebastian Münster's Kalendarium Hebraicum published in 1527 (detail)
Heidelberg Castle courtyard around 1683, Johann Ulrich Kraus
Hortus Palatinus
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The Hortus Palatinus, or Garden of the Palatinate, was a Baroque garden attached to Heidelberg Castle, Germany. The garden was commissioned by Frederick V, Elector Palatine in 1614 for his new wife, E
Heidelberg Castle and the Hortus Palatinus, showing the large, multi-level terraced garden.
Detail of the multi-level terracing of the Hortus Palatinus, which required the 'toppling the peaks of the mountains' by Salomon de Caus.
One of Salomon de Caus's grottos, allegedly containing Rosicrucian meanings.
The ruins of the gardens in modern Heidelberg today.