Chapter 2066 Baden-Baden New Castle

Where is the other castle? "

"In Baden-Baden, I don't need to tell you about this small town, do you?"

"Of course, I think Baden-Baden is more suitable than Vegas as a place for people to indulge. It is a place regarded as a paradise by countless European nobles and high society. It is called the summer palace of Europe."

"That's right. The castle is also built in the Black Forest. It's only a 15-minute drive from Baden-Baden. It's very convenient. Where you live, you can enjoy the joy of vacation all year round."

Baden-Baden in Germany not only has a long history, but also has unique characteristics. It not only has the largest opera house and concert hall in Germany, the most beautiful casino in the world, but also a famous tourist attraction and international conference city in Europe.

The world in the small town is wonderful - luxury shopping malls, international racetracks, ancient castles, the second largest opera house in Europe, and exotic hot spring baths... Not only that, but the cultural and sports facilities here There are everything that one expects to find, a dazzling array of shops, small and exquisite coffee shops and restaurants lined up, making it a resort in the absolute sense.

It is a picturesque German town with beautiful scenery, a small town in Central Europe full of humanities and infinite life!

Although people have come back, their hearts still stay in Baden-Baden. This is a sentence that people who leave there most often think of.

Baden-Baden is located in the southwestern part of Germany, in the Ous River Valley on the northwestern edge of the Black Forest, only 7.5 kilometers away from the Rhine River on the border between Germany and France. Charming.

There are two theories about the origin of Baden-Baden: one is that in German, "Baden" means "bath" or "swimming", so until today, there are still many bathrooms in this town ;

The second is that in the center of this small town, there is the Aosi River meandering in between, and the clear river passes through the valley "Baden" and "Baden", day and night, so people put the small river The passing town was named "Baden-Baden".

Although the first statement has higher credibility, the latter statement is more in line with Baden-Baden's romantic temperament, "Baden", "Baden", how full of rhythm and poetic charm!

It is said that a long time ago, when Baden-Baden was being built, the monarch at that time had an idea, that is, he hoped to make a reasonable "play" and "imagination" of this place with unique natural scenery.

Simply put, it is to combine the natural landscape here with the local culture, so he recruited many famous designers to his palace.

He told the designers,

"The sky here is particularly blue. Are you considering making the sky as the roof of Baden-Baden, and then 'planting' all kinds of beautiful buildings under the sky?"

Thus, people saw how grand and creative the design is today.

These great architects have indeed realized the basic idea of ​​"taking the sky as a roof" very well.

Today, there are gardens and green spaces everywhere in Baden-Baden. Villas, palaces, pavilions and chairs seem to grow out of the ground, and there are no traces of artificial axes.

Walking into Baden-Baden, you feel like you are in a large garden, where there are large expanses of lawns everywhere, dotted with white hollowed-out wrought iron pavilions; Between the various old trees, there are various buildings of different styles in twos and threes. The calm medieval buildings exude the prosperity of the past.

On closer inspection, each building has its own character, but none of them seem frivolous or artificial.

Walking slowly along the winding path, a small medieval-style town scattered in large plains and river valleys unfolds slowly like a majestic picture scroll.

From time to time on the street, you can see German old men or old ladies holding a shepherd dog, or strolling, or sitting quietly, or drinking and chatting, enjoying themselves.

Elderly, slender gentlemen in old-fashioned suits and well-made top hats pass by; if someone asks for directions, they will speak slowly, answer seriously in English and give some guidance, polite but not too much enthusiasm.

The older ladies are elegant and slightly powdered, most of them are dressed in long skirts and have an extraordinary temperament.

Time seems to slow down here, and when you walk into this ancient town, you will feel a different freshness and nature.

The very worth mentioning scenery in Baden-Baden is the ancient castle. Here, "ancient castle" is not a general term, but a specific term. From Lenput Square along a small street on the left side of Sophie Road to the mountain Go, pass a small square, you can see a building on the left, that is the town hall of Baden-Baden, go up and turn left, cross the market square, and there is a road leading to the mountain to the north Stone steps path, along this path you can go straight to the ancient castle.

There are two castles in Baden-Baden. The oldest castle is on the hill in the north. It is called the ancient castle and was built around the 12th century AD. The castle closer to the city is called the New Castle. It was built in 1479. Nestled in the sun-kissed Florence Hills.

It is said that this new castle, once the residence of the Marquis of Baden, was built in Gothic style at the beginning, but unfortunately, the castle burned down in 1847, and was later rebuilt in Renaissance architectural style and preserved intact to date.

Time passed to 1995, because the local government could not afford the expensive maintenance costs, at a sensational auction, all the items in the castle were sold by Sotheby's auction house, but they were eventually taken over by the British royal family.

From time to time, members of the British royal family live here when they come to Xiadu for vacation, so it is usually not open to the public. However, the platform in front of the castle is still considered the best place to enjoy the spectacular scenery of the whole city of Baden-Baden. Especially at dusk, with the sunset glow, overlooking this charming small town, the feelings and scenery can only be felt, but cannot be expressed in words!

Now that William said it, it meant that it was not for sale, and in Yang Cheng's eyes, compared to the Freedom Palace in Freiburg, the New Castle in Baden-Baden seemed to catch his heart better.

After all, in addition to the scenery comparable to Freiburg, Baden-Baden also has hot springs that are envied by the whole of Europe.

As early as the 1st century AD, the ancient Romans discovered a mineral spring with a temperature as high as 69 degrees in the valley where Baden-Baden was located, so they began to build a large bathing place, and called this place Aquae, Aquae - meaning bath .

According to historical records, in 213 AD, the Roman Emperor Caracalla came here to enjoy a hot spring bath.

Since then, the hot springs where Caracalla soaked have been preserved. Today, Baden-Baden still has a hot spring bath named after him - Caracalla - which is one of the most beautiful and largest hot spring baths in Europe. one.

The famous Caracalla baths are built with white marble, quite modern, with an area of ​​1,000 square meters, equipped with multiple indoor and outdoor hot springs and saunas, where you can go full fruit or wear swimsuits.

In addition to the Caracalla baths, Baden also has a famous thermal baths: Friedrich's baths.

The Friedrich Baths was first built in 1869 and took 8 years to complete. There are steam baths, irrigation baths, running water baths and diving baths in the large baths, as well as natural spring mud baths and carbonic acid baths. The Riedrich Baths only have indoor baths, and they can only bathe with whole fruits.

In the 17th century, because of the war, almost the whole city of Baden-Baden was burned down, even the castle on the hill was not spared.

It was not until the end of the 18th century that it flourished again, and the entire city became a health resort.

It is said that the source of the hot springs in Baden-Baden is about 2,000 meters below the ground, and the average spring water temperature is about 68 degrees Celsius.

The spring water here is not only drinkable, but also has various curative effects. Soon, Baden-Baden became the "summer capital of Europe", echoing Paris, which is known as the winter capital of Europe.

It’s not bad to have a vacation castle in Xiadu. Yang Cheng reluctantly came to Charles’ palace. Until now, his mentality has changed. If the price is right, he can really buy it and go to Baden every year. Soak in the hot springs in Baden, and there is a scene where mandarin ducks play in the water, and the king never goes to court early.

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