Karlstor
Neoclassical triumphal arch honouring an 18th-century elector, with lions, coat of arms and royal portraits.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Karlstor in Heidelberg is about a thank-you that turned into a bill. It starts in the seventeen seventies, when the townspeople set out to honour their prince, Elector Karl Theodor, for the trade he had promoted, and hired the architect Nicolas de Pigage to do it. You will hear what the residents said while the stones went up, and who the sculptor Peter Simon Lamine put on each face. Stand in the arch itself so you can turn from one side to the other.
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