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Audio guide Schwetzingen Palace in English
In this audio guide, Emily Thompson takes you through Schwetzingen Palace telling the story as you walk. In your accent, no need to read signs — just let your eyes take in what's in front of you.
What you'll hear inside Schwetzingen Palace:
- 1Schwetzingen Palace Theatre
The Schlosstheater Schwetzingen is an early neoclassical opera house situated in the north wing of the palace complex.
- 2French 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.
- 3English 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…
- 4Garden Mosque
The Red Mosque, or Rote Moschee, is an ornamental structure tucked away in the Turkish Garden section of Schwetzingen Palace's grounds.
- 5Temple of Minerva
The Templo de Minerva is a neoclassical structure in the Boskett woodland area, southwest of Schwetzingen Palace's circular parterre.
- 6Mercury Temple (Artificial Ruins)
The Temple of Mercury is an ornamental ruin within the gardens of Schwetzingen Palace, designed as a decorative landscape feature.
- 7Temple 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.
- 8Orangery
The Orangerie at Schwetzingen was built in 1761 within the palace gardens to cultivate and overwinter potted plants, particularly citrus trees.
- 9Zirkelbauten
The Zirkelbauten are two curved, single-storey wings of ashlar masonry flanking the central palace structure.
- 10Garden Lake
The Lake at Schwetzingen Garden is a substantial body of water that forms the focal point as you enter the grounds.
- 11Arboretum Theodoricum
The Arboretum Theodoricum at Schwetzingen Palace showcases exotic trees and plants from across the globe, nestled within the formal English-style landscaped gardens.
- 12Roman Aqueduct (artificial ruin)
The Roman aqueduct in Schwetzingen gardens is an artificial ruin deliberately designed to evoke ancient Roman remains.
- 13Bathhouse (Badhaus)
Small private retreat of the Elector, with a marble bathtub and its own garden.
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- 1.Schwetzingen Palace Theatre
- 2.French Garden with Circular Parterre and Arion Fountain
- 3.English Garden
- 4.Garden Mosque
- 5.Temple of Minerva
- 6.Mercury Temple (Artificial Ruins)
- 7.Temple of Apollo
- 8.Orangery
- 9.Zirkelbauten
- 10.Garden Lake
- 11.Arboretum Theodoricum
- 12.Roman Aqueduct (artificial ruin)
- 13.Bathhouse (Badhaus)
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