Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Volume LIX
Written by Alexandru MEXI

The Palatine g\Garden at Heidelberg was designed at the beginning of the XVIIth century by Salomon de Caus for the royal couple Frederich V and Elisabeth Stuart. Though never finished due to the beginning of the 30 Years War, Hortus Palatinus is seen as the best example of a Renaissance and both Mannerist garden in nowadays Germany.Though never finished, the Palatine Garden at Heidelberg holds a series of secrets, signs, and symbols hidden in Salomon de Caus’s book – Hortus Palatinus (1620). To this end, this paper aims to represent an interpretation of the gardens’s design and components by confronting the author’s text and drawings with the research in the field of visual arts, architecture and landscape design history and philosophy.

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