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Victor Hugo Window Viewpoint (Former Sonnenturm)

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Victor Hugo Window Viewpoint (Former Sonnenturm)

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  • Location: Bacharach, Mainz-Bingen, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    January 10, 2021

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    Today only the stump of the wall of the sun tower remains, which serves as a viewing platform.
    The sun tower was the mightiest tower in the southern part of the wall and was blown up by French soldiers in 1689 during the Palatinate War of Succession.
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    August 25, 2018

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    Part of the former city wall is castle Bröckelstein, also called sun tower.
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    September 18, 2024

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    "Victor Hugo made two trips along the Rhine in his life, in 1839 and 1840. He recorded his impressions in his prose text Le rhin. In it, he not only …
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    Location: Bacharach, Mainz-Bingen, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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