[MR] Interesting castle picture

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>From what I understand there is no effort to "repair" the tower that
blew-up and litterally broke the tower in two with half (still intact
to this day mind you) in the moat.  you can't go up there, but every
year they use fire works to "recreate" the explosion and fire at that
castle, during a national event called the "Rhein Aflame" (at least
that is what the troust traps called it) it runs for several weeks
during the summer where they set off fire works along the Rhein (what
a shocker!) and most if they don't do just hieldburg, take a boat or
boat tour and and follow the fireworks down river, where I think it
ends at heidelburg, (yes I know I crappy speelr and me grammer aint's
so good neither).

Sara

On 14/10/2009, Sandra Rangel <arwynn16 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Reminds me of the Heidelberg Castle I visited a few months back in Germany.
> The castle is kind of two parts.... the older being somewhat covered by
> scaffolding for repairs. Makes me wonder if they will eventually fix the
> other towers that were blown up post SCAdian period. It was an awesome
> castle and my second castle visit (first was Frankstein Schloss ruins). It
> was breathtaking to say the least. It is great to see that there are plans
> to rebuild and repair historical monuments abroad. I got pix on
> Facebook...not on Flickr yet, running out of room!
>
> ~Rohesia
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:39 PM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:
>
>> While the mortar may originally have been colored with clay from the same
>> quarry as the brick, or with brick dust, modern practice would be to use a
>> colorant mixed with the cement. There is a brownish red color that was, at
>> one
>> time, popular for sidewalks and porches. Used in a lower concentration
>> that
>> might give the pink shade.
>>
>> --
>>
>> YIS
>>
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>> Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
>> Storvik (rapier)
>> Roxbury Mill (other things)
>>
>>
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