Germany · Restored
Godesburg
The Godesburg is a hilltop castle above Bad Godesberg (now part of Bonn), Germany, originally built in the early 13th century and heavily fortified and expanded through the 16th century. Largely destroyed in 1583, the ruin was rebuilt in the 20th century and today includes a restaurant and residential spaces integrated into the old walls.
First raised
1210
Its prime
1580
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1580
The shape it held in its prime.
Dominated by a tall, cylindrical bergfried with a flat, crenellated summit and flagpole, the castle sits on a steep wooded volcanic hill. Thick, rounded curtain walls of grey-brown volcanic stone enclose lower residential ranges and irregular ruined fragments; narrow vertical arrow-slit windows puncture the tower and walls. The silhouette is compact and vertical, the tower rising clearly above the surrounding treeline and terraces built into the slope; at its prime the curtain was continuous and the inner buildings complete.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1580.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Godesburg — including 3 interiors: inner courtyard (inner bailey), castle chapel, underground dungeons and vaults. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Godesburg with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1580 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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