ARTS AND CULTURE IN OUR REGION
Darmstadt is known as the centre of “Jugendstil” or Art Nouveau movement. At the turn to the 20th century the artists' colony was established at the Mathildenhöhe.
Surviving examples of the Jugendstil period include the Rosenhöhe, a landscaped English-style rose garden from the 19th century, recently renovated and replanted, the Mathildenhöhe, with the Hochzeitsturm ('Marriage tower', also commonly known as the 'Five-Finger-Tower') by Joseph Maria Olbrich and the Russian Chapel and large exhibition halls as well as many private villas built by Jugendstil architects who had settled in Darmstadt. In one way or the other all the presentations refer to Jugendstil and its artists and architects in and around Darmstadt.
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