
This is Heidelberg, just before the Old Bridge beneath the Heidelberg Castle.

The windows of all four towers are old and identical.



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The irony was that during the week we were in Cyprus it was just as hot back home in Germany – without the sea!

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I was happily cycling along when this house caught my eye.

The first unusual window I noticed was the skew one on the side, probably a window in a staircase.
Most of the windows are very narrow.
Except for those that are long and narrow.
And on the other accessible side of the building I found these:

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In Vielbrunn in the Odenwald they rebuilt a watchtower of the Roman limes, the border of the Roman Empire around the year 200 AD.
They tried for historical accuracy and documented their efforts on display boards.
These are the two types of windows set in the tower.

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