BAROQUE AS AN EXPRESSION OF ABSOLUTISM
The palace's integration into its surroundings alone speaks to the Baroque period. The residence is located at the intersection of three radial roads; the intersection of town center and the palace's central axis extends into the landscape. The orientation of town and countryside toward the palace is a manifest form of absolutist sovereignty. Another famous example of this can be found in the "Fächerstadt," or fan-shaped city, of Karlsruhe, where 38 beams run toward the palace, built by a relative of Ludwig Wilhelm, the Margrave of Baden-Durlach.