Stuttgart

                             Altes Schloss - Old Palace

                             
                 

Altes Schloss - Old Palace

Together with the neighbouring Collegiate Church, the Old Palace (Altes Schloss) is the city's most ancient remaining monument. Parts of the foundation walls date back to the 10th Century, when the palace was constructed as a simple moated fortress in the year 941. More than once over its eventful history it has been rebuilt, besieged and destroyed by war.  During the 16th Century, a Renaissance palace grew up out of the former moated fortress. The greater part of the building was reduced to dust and rubble in intensive air raids on Stuttgart in the summer of 1944. The rebuilding of the Old Palace took until 1969.

Since 1948, the Old Palace, itself a symbol of Wüttemberg's state history, has housed the Landesmuseum Württemberg, the outstanding state history museum. The Palace Chapel, which was constructed in the mid 16th Century, is among one of South Germany's oldest Protestant places of worship.

                    Mecedes Benz Museum

               

        

                                  Art Museum

                     

Architecture

The landmark museum building on the Kleiner Schlossplatz Square provides an impressive backdrop for Stuttgart's important art collection. The glass cube rising to a height of 26 metres envelopes an inner cube made of stone. The building unfolds its true genius at night: While by day the cube presents a cool face to the outside world, at night the inner illuminated stone cube comes to the fore, bathed in a warm and inviting light.

On entering the museum, the two elongated exhibition levels tucked underneath the raised Kleiner Schlossplatz square provide the real architectural surprise of this unique building. The architects Hascher and Jehle made skilful use of two former traffic underpasses to create space for 4,000 square metres of additional exhibition space. This area is used primarily to exhibit the Museum's own collection. The 1,000 square metre cube is generally houses special temporary exhibitions.

Stiftskirche - Collegiate Church

The history of Stuttgart's Stiftskirche, or Collegiate Church, spans back to the 10th or 11th century. Evidence discovered in the altar area points towards a presence on the site from the early Romanesque period. A Romanesque village church was constructed on the same site in around 1175. The original church continued to evolve, with new extensions added, and other sections demolished and increased in size. A particularly striking feature of the church, and one of Stuttgart's best known landmarks, are its two contrasting towers.

I visited Stuttgart last two years. This city have a lot of high Technology and also many museum such as Mercedes Benz Museum, Art Museum etc. If you like museum you gonna like this city.