Hesperidengärten
Baroque walled gardens of clipped hedges, sculptures and potted citrus behind old summer houses.
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This guide to the Hesperidengärten in Nuremberg's St. Johannis quarter follows Johann Christoph Volkamer, a merchant of the late sixteen hundreds who ordered trees by post from three continents. It touches the patrician summer gardens beyond the city walls, a Greek myth about golden apples, and a book of copper engravings that took years to finish. Best heard among the potted citrus behind Johannisstraße forty-seven.
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