The 99-acre ega is often referred to as "the garden of Thuringia" with gardenscapes, greenhouses, butterfly house, horticultural museum and exhibitions.
The famous Heidelberg Castle ruins overlook the Old Town. The construction lasted over 400 years and consists of ramparts, outbuildings and palaces in all styles from Gothic to High Renaissance. The two dominant buildings at the eastern and northern...
The former Prince Bishop’s residence was built from 1767 to 1787 as a three-winged building. Today, the castle forms the main building of the university.
More than 30 farm houses and other structures have been transported from throughout Westphalia to create this village-style open-air museum on the shores of the Aasee. Visitors can get an excellent idea of life on the farm, traditional customs and...
The Park Sanssouci covers 724 acres—compared to Central Park’s 840—and has three palaces: the rococo Sanssouci Palace, the Baroque New Palace and Charlottenhof Palace. In its entirety, Sanssouci presents an ensemble of palaces and gardens that form...
The small Charlottenhof palace and the park area around it is an outstanding example of romantic classicism in Germany, an artistic entity of buildings, gardens and landscape park.
The Palace Garden, in the heart of the city, is the crown jewel of garden architecture. Baroque garden artistry is framed by exquisite examples from art and history: an enchanting park in which one can experience both the past in stone and the...
The Residence, built from 1720-1744 according to plans of the genius Balthasar Neumann, is the main work of south German Baroque and one of the most important castles in Europe.