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Mannheim Palace

Mannheim Palace
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About Mannheim Palace

Mannheim Palace is a large Baroque palace in Mannheim, Baden-WΓΌrttemberg, Germany. It was originally the main residence of the Prince-electors of the Electorate of the Palatinate of the House of Wittelsbach until 1777. Part of the palace is used today by the University of Mannheim. The castle, which features tapestries, furniture, paintings, porcelain and silverware can be visited on a free-flow basis with audioguides.

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He designed a cross-shaped lightning rod, which you can still see on the Mannheim Palace. He had it so that each bit of the cross was detachable, so that whenever lightning struck any bit of the cross and caused a bit of damage, he would then detach it, bring it down to the masses and put it on display to say, look, the lightning struck this and damaged it, but it didn't damage the building.

from No Such Thing As Lemming Atlantis, 2022-11-11 at 00:08:19 Β· read transcript

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Coordinates: 49.4830, 8.4620

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