Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth
Ruined Rhine-side imperial palace of basalt and trachyte, rebuilt by Barbarossa and blown up in 1702.
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This guide to the Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth, the ruined imperial palace on the Rhine in Düsseldorf, starts with a carved Latin gate stone and the date it gives, and asks why that date and the historians disagree. It follows Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, his son Henry the Sixth, and the river toll that made this island worth fortifying. Stand facing the great basalt wall of the palace front, close to the replica stone at the entrance.
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