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Rh Bk. IV. Ch. IV. WARTBURG. 47 closely resembles that at Gelnhausen, except that it is larger, being 130 ft. in length by 50 in width. It is three stories in height, with- out counting the basement, which is added to the height at one end by the slope of the ground. All along the front of every story is an open corridor leading to the inner rooms, the dimensions of which cannot now be easily ascer- tained, owino- to the castle having been always mhabited and altered in modern times to suit the convenience and wants of its, recent occu- piers. In its details it has hardly the elegance of Gelnhausen, but its 499. View of the Palace on the Wartburg. (From Puttrich.) general appearance is solid and imposing, the wliole effect being ob- tained by the grouping of the openings, in which respect it resembles the older palaces at Venice more than any other buildings of the class. It has not perhaps their minute elegance, but it far surpasses them in grandeur and in all the elements of true architectural magnificence. It has been recently restored, apparently with considerable judgment,