The “Blasted Tower” of the Heidelberg Castle was blown up during the War of the Palatinate Succession at the end of the 17th century. Its walls are up to 6.50 metres thick. Like most of the castle it was built of
red sandstone. When the French troops blasted the tower it was partially destroyed, a huge chunk lies still today next to it and the innards are exposed.
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I always despair at the things that people did to wonderful buildings just to be bloody minded about how good they were 😩
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Agreed. However, the Heidelberg Castle is mostly famous for being a ruin for the last 300 years. The poets of the Romantic era flocked to Heidelberg only because of those ruins.
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Everywhere has to have a tourist attraction to survive even in those days 😂
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They sure had weaponry then!
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At least they saw immediately what they did.
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I imagine it was once an imposing fortress. Thank you for sharing this with our challenge.
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