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Heidelberg

  • Charles Gate (Karlstor)
    Charles Gate (Karlstor)
    The triumphal arch in honor of the Prince Elector Karl Theodor, located at Heidelberg’s very east, was erected between 1775 and 1781 as a neo-classical building following the tradition of Roman triumphal arches.
     
  • Marstall
    Marstall
    The original Marstall (stable) was built during the first half of the 16th century on the banks of the Neckar River so that the trading vessels could anchor in front of it. Following the original building’s destruction in the second half of the 17th...
     
  • New University and Old University
    New University and Old University
     

Koblenz

  • Elector´s Palace
    Elector´s Palace
    Pure neo-classical building (1777-86), the last royal residence erected on the Middle Rhine before the French Revolution.
     
  • Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
    Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
    Neo-Classical architecture, built by the Prussians between 1817 and 1828.
     

Potsdam

  • Charlottenhof Palace
    Charlottenhof Palace
    The small Charlottenhof palace and the park area around it is an outstanding example of romantic classicism in Germany, an artistic entity of buildings, gardens and landscape park.
     

Wiesbaden

  • City Palace
    City Palace
    The Stadtschloss (City Palace) was built in 1840 as a simple city palace in Late Classical style and was a popular residence for the Prussian royal and the German emperor's families.
     
  • Kurhaus
    Kurhaus
    Built at the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II., the Kurhaus as it stands today was constructed between 1904 and 1907 in Neo-Classical style.
     
  • Prince Regent Palace
    Prince Regent Palace
    The Erbprinzenpalais (Prince Regent Palace) was built in 1820 in Classicist style.
     
 
 

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