Schlossturm
Schlossturm rises 33 metres in Düsseldorf, where it once formed the northern end of the city’s castle. Its first three floors date from the thirteenth century, while Alessandro Pasqualini added a polygonal fourth floor with Tuscan columns in 1552.
The tower later held the Jülich-Berg state archives before Friedrich August Stüler designed a fifth floor in round-arch style in 1845. A tent roof replaced the tracery attic in 1950, and the Rhine Maritime Museum has occupied the building since 1984. Its collection explores river ecology, shipbuilding, trade and travel through model ships, interactive stations and ship simulators.
The permanent exhibition, Experience the Rhine, examines the river’s forces, its economic role in the 1700s and the development of shipbuilding. A fire-blower weather vane crowns the tower, commemorating Düsseldorf Castle’s fire in 1872.
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