Within Schwetzingen Garden, the Temple of Mercury is an intentional ruin from the late 1700s. Built to romantically fall down, the question today is how to conserve a structure intended from the start to be a ruin.
Photographed as the sun rose with my iPhone, and processed using the Plastic Bullet, Snapseed, ImageBlender, and Photo Lab apps on my iPhone.
Mercury to the Romans was Hermes to the Greeks. Messenger of the Gods (with winged sandals), God of medicine (hence the caduceus), travelers, thieves, and other assorted magical riff-raff. On good days I regard Hermes as a patron, and hope he helps keep me safe and happy as I wander.
Martin Morehouse
8 Jul 2025Beautiful! I met my wife at the top of this tower in 1974, she broke her watch coming up the stairs, and still has the watch showing the time we met.
Harold Davis
8 Jul 2025How cool is that! Great story. Nothing like true love. I make that 61 years. Very best wishes, Harold