The idea to built the da Vinci wheel was born out of a design drawing by Leonardo da Vinci for the construction of bridges. The wandering scholar Severinius the Younger and his assistant Ludovico present the construction of the wheel in front of the amazed audience during the Medieval Castle Festival at Rheinfels Castle in […]
Medieval Castle Festival at Rheinfels Castle
For the opening of the market at the medieval castle festival in St Goar, knights, minstrels, jugglers and others moved into the big cellar of the Rheinfels Castle. Following the entry of the knights, Thelonius Dilldapp welcomed the enthusiastic audience and the organizers of the tourist information St Goar. Please watch the video You are […]
Rheinfels Castle – Germany
Rheinfels Castle is located on the left bank of the Rhine above St. Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Built in 1245 by Diether V of Katzenelenbogen it served as toll castle and was regarded as the largest fortress in the Middle Rhine Valley. The collection of toll broke the general peace, which led to a siege of […]
St Goar – Loreley
St. Goar is located below the dangerous rapids on the left bank of the middle Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Anyone who drives from the Hunsrück via Simmern to St. Goar sees first the Cat and the Mouse Castle, before taking the road down to the Rhine. Both castles are part of the sister town St. […]
Oberwesel – City of towers and wine
Oberwesel lies in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley at river kilometer 550. The city has a long history, already around 50 BC the Celts settled here, and under the Romans, Oberwesel was a station on a Roman military road. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the […]
Elephant Trunk Hill
The Elephant Trunk Hill (象鼻山) is the most famous landmark of Guilin (桂林市). It lies at the confluence of the Li Jiang and the Yang Jiang. The prefecture level city of Guilin is located in the autonomous province Guangxi of the Zhuang people and is, among many other attractions, famous for its karst mountains. On […]