Trinkhalle

Baden-Baden


Standing proud above a manicured park, this neoclassical pump room was built in 1839 as an attractive addition to the Kurhaus. The 90m-long portico is embellished with 19th-century frescos of local legends. Baden-Baden’s elixir of youth, some say, is the free curative mineral water that gushes from a faucet linked to the Friedrichsbad spring.


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1. Kurhaus

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2. Casino

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3. Stiftskirche

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4. Staatliche Kunsthalle

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5. Florentinerberg

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The Romans used to cool off at this hill; check out the ruins of the original baths at its foot. Nowadays, on the same site, the serene botanical gardens…

6. Museum Frieder Burda

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7. Römische Badruinen

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8. Neues Schloss

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