Lower Rhine Castles Palaces
The castle tower on Burgplatz in Düsseldorf is located directly on the Rhine promenade and is one of the city’s landmarks.The tower is the last remnant of a former Renaissance castle from the 16th century. The master builder of the castle tower, in which the...
Lower Rhine Castles Palaces
The Benrath Palace with its attached park is located in Düsseldorf-Benrath and is particularly worth seeing. The former hunting lodge of Elector Carl Theodor was completed in 1773. After many years of construction, the main house was built in the French rococo style,...
Lower Rhine Castles Palaces
The imposing Swan Castle (Schwanenburg) stands on the “Kliff” ridge and towers over the city of Kleve on the Lower Rhine. Destruction and reconstruction changed the appearance of the castle in the past. The current shape of the castle can essentially be dated to the...