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ハイデルベルクは、ドイツ最古の大学創設以来、学生街として賑わう街である。
Heidelberg has flourished as a city of students ever since its university - the oldest in Germany - was founded.
この街で最初に訪れたのは、旧大学舎が出来た1712年から使われてきた学生牢。
The place I visited first was the site of the former student jail which was used as such once the old buildings of the university had been completed in 1712.
倉庫のような入り口を抜けて階段を上ると、そこには壁や天井一面にろうそくの煤などで丹念にかかれた氏名、家紋、自画像などがひしめき合っていた。
After going through the entrance, which is like that of a warehouse, and then proceeding upstairs, you can see hundreds of student’s names, family crests, self-portraits etc which have been graffitied all over the walls and ceilings using the soot of candles.
