Exterior view
by SPEETH, Peter, Photo
Peter Speeth designed the prison in W�rzburg below the castle on the principle of “speaking” architecture: it is a three-story cubic block with a heavily rusticated plinth. The door, set in a semi-circular arch, tapers towards the ground, producing an oppressive feeling on entering. The ten columns over the doorway are popularly said in W�rzburg to represents the Ten Commandments.