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The Castle.
of Pavia of 1329 though it cannot be ascertained who
was the founder and designer of it. Though thus much
can be shewn, that individual parts of it, which we shall
notice hereafter, were founded by Robert I (f 1390). Ro-
bert III (f 1410), by Frederick I and his successors, Phi-
lipp the Upright, and Lewis V, the latter, especially,
having been chiefly the founder of the surrounding towers
and fortifications, for the defence of it; it was he that
executed in a grand style what his predecessors, espe-
cially Frederick I, had begun. New, splendid buildings
were added, in the interior under Otto Henry, Frederick IV,
and Frederick V, in particular, who took especial care of
the garden, in the taste of his age, cncreased them greatly.
In the subsequent years of destructive wars, since the
taking of the town and castle (1622), the latter, together
with its plantations, had suffered essentially; Charles
Lewis (1649), however, repaired at a considerable ex-
pence, all the damage, both the buildings and the planta-
tionshad sustained; and his son and successor (1680) Charles
took particular care to strengthen the fortifications. But the
wars of Lewis XIV, which transformed the greater part
of the Rhenane Palatinate into a desart, and caused the
destruction of nearly the whole town, did not spare the
castle neither: scarcely any part of its former splendour
remained, but what these modern Vandals were not able
to destroy completely (1689, 1693). The French had got
possession of the town and castle by capitulation, Oct.
24, 1688, and expressly promised in it, that they by no
means would destroy the castle, or ruin, or damage any-
thing belonging to it. Nevertheless, they began, already
in January 1689 , the work of destruction. The tower of
Charles was blown up; the strong outworks of the castle,
the walls and ramparts were likewise attempted; the big
tower became a ruin; the blown-up tower received its
The Castle.
of Pavia of 1329 though it cannot be ascertained who
was the founder and designer of it. Though thus much
can be shewn, that individual parts of it, which we shall
notice hereafter, were founded by Robert I (f 1390). Ro-
bert III (f 1410), by Frederick I and his successors, Phi-
lipp the Upright, and Lewis V, the latter, especially,
having been chiefly the founder of the surrounding towers
and fortifications, for the defence of it; it was he that
executed in a grand style what his predecessors, espe-
cially Frederick I, had begun. New, splendid buildings
were added, in the interior under Otto Henry, Frederick IV,
and Frederick V, in particular, who took especial care of
the garden, in the taste of his age, cncreased them greatly.
In the subsequent years of destructive wars, since the
taking of the town and castle (1622), the latter, together
with its plantations, had suffered essentially; Charles
Lewis (1649), however, repaired at a considerable ex-
pence, all the damage, both the buildings and the planta-
tionshad sustained; and his son and successor (1680) Charles
took particular care to strengthen the fortifications. But the
wars of Lewis XIV, which transformed the greater part
of the Rhenane Palatinate into a desart, and caused the
destruction of nearly the whole town, did not spare the
castle neither: scarcely any part of its former splendour
remained, but what these modern Vandals were not able
to destroy completely (1689, 1693). The French had got
possession of the town and castle by capitulation, Oct.
24, 1688, and expressly promised in it, that they by no
means would destroy the castle, or ruin, or damage any-
thing belonging to it. Nevertheless, they began, already
in January 1689 , the work of destruction. The tower of
Charles was blown up; the strong outworks of the castle,
the walls and ramparts were likewise attempted; the big
tower became a ruin; the blown-up tower received its