Kloster Lichtenthal

Baden-Baden


Lichtentaler Allee concludes at the Kloster Lichtenthal, a Cistercian abbey founded in 1245, with an abbey church where generations of the margraves of Baden lie buried.


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2. Lichtentaler Allee

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3. Museum Frieder Burda

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7. Fabergé Museum

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