Heidelberg Castle & season fall

in #castle3 years ago (edited)
Authored by @Chiri

Heidelberg Castle is located in Heidelberg, Germany

The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps,It is located 80 metres (260 ft) up the northern part of the Königstuhl hillside, and thereby dominates the view of the old downtown
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The earliest castle structure was built before 1214 and later expanded into two castles circa 1294; however, in 1537, a lightning bolt destroyed the upper castle.
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The present structures had been expanded by 1650, before damage by later wars and fires. In 1764, another lightning bolt caused a fire which destroyed some rebuilt sections.
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The construction have a architectural Style Gothic and Renaissance very well highlighted!
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Which gives you the opportunity to have a great view, which can test your imagination about how the castle looked like a long time ago.
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It was a great experience for me, I'm glad I had the opportunity to get to this wonderful place full of history
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