In 2021, UNESCO recognized the cultural and historical significance of the great popularity of spa culture and spa towns in Europe from the 18th-century to the early 20th-century. Today, we have The Great Spa Towns of Europe, as 11 towns across 7 nations were inscribed as a single transnational World Heritage Site. Baden-Baden is one of the 11 towns, and is only 30 minutes from Karlsruhe by train.
Baden-Baden is 1 of the 11 “Great Spa Towns of Europe”.
Steinbrunnen (stone fountain), 1871; in the Lichtentaler Allee green-space.
Staatliche Kunsthalle (State Art Gallery), completed in 1909. The present exhibition has the tagline: “What would the bottom of the ocean tell us tomorrow, if emptied of water today?”
Kurhaus (Spa House), completed in 1824.
Front entrance.
Trinkhalle (Pump House), side entrance.
Trinkhalle, colonnade.
Trinkhalle, 1842.
Stiftskirche Liebfrauen (Collegiate Church of Our Lady).
Left to right, respectively: Stiftskirche Liebfrauen (pink); Altes Dampfbad (Old Steam Baths, yellow); Friedrichsbad (Frederic’s Baths, beige-green).
Festquelle: water still flows through the tap from the hot springs. People used to collect water for home use; no longer encouraged because of high arsenic content (yikes).
At the far end of Rotenbachsee Park is a statue of Russian author Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, whose 1866 novel “The Gambler” is set in Baden-Baden. The 2004 statue is by artist Leonid Baranov.
Dostoevsky casts his gaze down towards Baden-Baden. He was not shy about gambling (and losing) in the city‘s casinos.
“The Great Spa Towns of Europe”, as a transnational serial nomination: 11 towns, 7 nations.
I made all photos above with an iPhone15 on 24 Jul 2024. I received no support from an external organization. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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