Alte Universität
Baroque university hall rebuilt after war, with a ceremonial aula, museum and student prison behind.
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This guide to the Alte Universität in Heidelberg starts beside the Lion Fountain and goes back to sixteen ninety-three, when the armies of Louis the Fourteenth reached a town and a university that had stood here since the Middle Ages. It follows Elector Johann Wilhelm and the Mainz architect Johann Adam Breunig through the long rebuild that followed. Along the way you'll hear about the great hall upstairs and the student prison around the back. Best heard from University Square, facing the long front.
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