This audio guide takes you to some of the cultural landmarks in the city of Mannheim. Known as the "City of Squares" and home to a renowned university, Mannheim is the third-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The former residence city of the Electorate of the Palatinate (1720–1778), with its impressive Baroque palace—one of the largest palace complexes in the world—serves as the economic and cultural hub of the European Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar, which has a population of 2.35 million.