Städtisches Lapidarium

Städtisches Lapidarium lies in Stuttgart, within the park of the former Villa Ostertag-Siegle, where stone monuments share an Italian Renaissance setting. The garden frames this open-air museum with an Italian Renaissance design.

More than two hundred stone artefacts trace five centuries of Stuttgart history, including architectural fragments rescued from buildings destroyed during World War Two. Roman antiquities add an older layer to the collection. Many pieces began as artistic and architectural elements gathered during the old town’s renovation around the turn of the twentieth century. The war destroyed much of the earlier display. Surviving fragments later reached this garden through efforts by Gustav Wais and Wilhelm Speidel, preserving witnesses to Stuttgart’s built history.

Carl von Ostertag-Siegle assembled the Roman antiquities during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The museum opened on these grounds in 1950. Winter lantern tours offer a different view of the stones.

City: Stuttgart
Content updated: 2026-06-22

Image: André Lambert, + 1929, Eduard Stahl, + 1926Public domain
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