Gaisbergturm
Spiral sandstone lookout tower of mortarless dry stone, wrapped by an eighty-five-step outer stair.
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This guide to the Gaisbergturm above Heidelberg starts with a single sandstone step and the joint beside it, on a lookout raised in eighteen seventy-six by the city's Castle and Antiquities Association. You'll meet the architect Fritz Seitz, the wooden tower he replaced, and the ancient wonder the city's chronicle says he borrowed from. Start at the foot of the outside staircase, where you can put a hand on the stone.
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