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Barbarossa, 105 x 60 cm, oil, oil stick on canvas, 2022 #kiralyandras #oil #grid #barbarossa #rőtszakal #head #canvas #painting #studio #abstractart #grid #circle #horrorvacui #contemporary #art #kunst #budapest #mariautca #line #collector #gradient #oilstick #fill #border #problem #elliptical #background #contemporaryabstraction #uncertain #washed #contemporarypainting
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Barbarossa’s awakening by Hermann Wislicenus
“Legend says he is not dead, but asleep with his knights in a cave in the Kyffhäuser mountain in Thuringia, and that when the ravens cease to fly around the mountain he will awake and restore Germany to its ancient greatness. According to the story, his red beard has grown through the table at which he sits. His eyes are half closed in sleep, but now and then he raises his hand and sends a boy out to see if the ravens have stopped flying.”
Plan of the Imperial Palace in Bad Wimpfen/Germany
I am beginning this series of photos with this shot of a reconstructional plan of the Imperial Palace in Bad Wimpfen/Germany. Nowadays the site is a prosperous little city, towering high over the river Neckar.
In 1182 Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I. Barbarossa founded this largest imperial palace north of the Alps on the hilltop, where once an even older, celtic castle stood.
In 1200 the castle was fully developed: Two towers were guarding it, and there is archaelogical evidence of a third tower between the gatehouse and the blue tower. A representative palace, not unlike the one in Gelnhausen, was located on the hillside, overlooking the Neckar.
Accessible directly from the palace was a chapel with an inner balcony, reserved for the emperor alone. A third stone build house is located between the blue tower and the palace.
All of these structures - with exception of the palace itself - have survived. But they are embedded into the cityscape, so a visitor has to look twice sometimes, to spot the traces left by the Hohenstaufen Dynasty.
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It’s been a long time… But it’s good to see you are still following my little blog - and there are some new followers as well! A warm welcome to you all. Have fun on Maeren & Lobebaeren.
In the next few days, I’ll post some pictures from Bad Wimpfen/Germany. It’s the third Kaiserpfalz (Imperial Palace) of the Hohenstaufen Dynasty I got to visit (after GelnhausenandTrifels Castle). Back in the day, Bad Wimpfen was the biggest of the imperial palaces in the german territories.
So stay tuned,
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