RUINS OF THE PALACE AT ANDERNACH.

THIS ancient place abounds in interesting ruins. It wasthe Antenacum or Artonacum of the Romans, and formedan important connecting link in their fortified stations onthe Rhine. The gateway, seen on the right in this view, isthat by which we enter the city from the Coblence side,and it is said to be of Roman construction ; the style of itsmasonry would seem to warrant this supposition, though thegothic form of the arch, points out a more modern origin.Before entering the city, our attention is arrested by thestriking picturesque pile of ruins immediately contiguous tothe Romerthor. Here stood a palace which, in the middleages, was the favorite residence of the kings of Austrasia.The situation of Andernach is remarkably pleasing, beingbuilt just at a bend of the Rhine, where the river, afterpassing through a comparatively level tract of country, inits course from Ehrenbreitsein, here again enters a' defileenclosed by ranges of picturesquely varied hills.