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Rousseau Island

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    Location: Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    June 21, 2019

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    Rousseau Islands are artificially created islets in lakes, reminiscent of the tomb of Jean Jacques Rousseau
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    September 15, 2021

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    Rousseau Islands are small, mostly artificial islands in lakes that are modeled on the former grave of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) on the Île des peupliers (Poplar Island) in the park of Ermenonville near Paris.

    A circle of poplars or alders was planted on the round islands, surrounding a cenotaph or decorative urn. These mock cemeteries of the Romantic era express the park owners' sympathy with Rousseau's nature-loving and social reform ideas. They were used as a design element primarily in the creation of English landscape gardens.

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    1. Wörlitz Castle – Iron Bridge (Wörlitz Park) loop from Wörlitz

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    Elevation 60 m

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