Garden of the Palatinate
Terraced Renaissance garden ruin carved into a steep hillside, with grottoes and sweeping views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Hortus Palatinus at Heidelberg Castle is about the ground itself: a steep, rocky slope and a valley that a young prince wanted turned into a garden in sixteen fourteen. It follows the Norman engineer Salomon de Caus, the earthworks and retaining walls his workers raised, and the grottoes, fountains and clockwork birds meant to crown them. Best heard standing at the edge of a terrace, looking down at the wall below.
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