What you'll hear inside Schwetzingen Palace:

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  Schwetzingen Palace Theatre

  The Schlosstheater Schwetzingen is an early neoclassical opera house situated in the north wing of the palace complex.

• 2
  French Garden with Circular Parterre and Arion Fountain

  At the heart of Schwetzingen's Baroque garden lies this formal French layout, centred on a circular parterre.

• 3
  English Garden

  The English landscape garden occupies the western and north-western section of Schwetzingen, distinguished by gently winding paths that deliberately contrast with the strict geometry of the French…

• 4
  Garden Mosque

  The Red Mosque, or Rote Moschee, is an ornamental structure tucked away in the Turkish Garden section of Schwetzingen Palace's grounds.

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  Temple of Minerva

  The Templo de Minerva is a neoclassical structure in the Boskett woodland area, southwest of Schwetzingen Palace's circular parterre.

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  Mercury Temple (Artificial Ruins)

  The Temple of Mercury is an ornamental ruin within the gardens of Schwetzingen Palace, designed as a decorative landscape feature.

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  Temple of Apollo

  Apollo's Temple is a circular monopteros with twelve Ionic columns, positioned on an elevated terrace in the north-west section of the landscape garden.

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  Orangery

  The Orangerie at Schwetzingen was built in 1761 within the palace gardens to cultivate and overwinter potted plants, particularly citrus trees.

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  Zirkelbauten

  The Zirkelbauten are two curved, single-storey wings of ashlar masonry flanking the central palace structure.

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  Garden Lake

  The Lake at Schwetzingen Garden is a substantial body of water that forms the focal point as you enter the grounds.

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  Arboretum Theodoricum

  The Arboretum Theodoricum at Schwetzingen Palace showcases exotic trees and plants from across the globe, nestled within the formal English-style landscaped gardens.

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  Roman Aqueduct (artificial ruin)

  The Roman aqueduct in Schwetzingen gardens is an artificial ruin deliberately designed to evoke ancient Roman remains.

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  Bathhouse (Badhaus)

  Small private retreat of the Elector, with a marble bathtub and its own garden.