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Schloss Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden-Wurtenberg, Germany

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The Theory of Art

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Schloss Mannheim - Castles of Germany (33/?)

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The Tale of The Waltz Emperor

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Side by Side #8 | Touring Schloss Mannheim

A short stride across the courtyard, up two steps, grab a ticket and a headset at the reception and enter another world. It’s like time-travel.

As the second largest baroque palace in Europe, the Schloss is as grand as can be imagined. Everything is on supersized scale. Everything!

When Night Falls Slowly by Nathalie | Fujifilm X-T2+XF16-55mm F2.8 R LM WR @ iso3200 f/2.8 1/45s

I am getting used to playing tourist in my old home town and I am glad I get the opportunity to show off a part of Mannheim’s history to Stanley. Even though visiting relics of past lives of the “high and mighty” isn’t really his cup of tea, the palace takes up a somewhat central spot and links suburbia to the city centre and is well worth a visit.

Although some areas have been painstakingly restored to their former glory and form today’s museum, the bigger part of the palace is home to the university. I remember many a student parties held in this courtyard and its adjacent areas. As we leave the museum, full of history and culture, we step into the cold winter evening with a sky full of purple and pink. Dotted with the palace’s lights it’s a feast for my senses, resembling old and newly shaped experiences, and my camera gets the chance to do this exquisite building justice.

Mannheim Baroque Palace Extravagance by Stanley-Carl | Fujifilm x100s @ iso400 f/4 1/60s

The rural country boy in me always finds it hard to comprehend such opulence. There isn't a corner of this palace that is not robed in grandeur and the view out of the window across the courtyard towards a more recognizable world, offers some temporary relief for the senses.