Burg Eltz

As you can see it is another overcast day in Germany. This is the fortress castle north of Frankfurt am Main. The site and its surroundings form a symmetrical unit. The river Eltz flows around three sides of an elliptical rock crag, the foundation of the whole castle, and on this, towering up to 70 metres above the river, is the fortress. The builders took into account the natural conditions of the oval crag and this explains the strange shapes and floor plans of some of the rooms