Monday 1 August 2022

Nuremberg -part 1 - Germany - pics

 Some pics of Nurenberg Germany.
Nuremberg is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich.
 
Spittlertorturm.
This is the old City gate in the southwest corner of the city.
 
Part of the city walls of Nurenburg.

Its culture-filled city architecture and ornate medieval buildings are exceptional,
 


 
Zum Gulden Stern
The Golden Star is the oldest sausage restaurant in the world and it is situated just 200 metres from the White Tower
 
Obelisk with a war eagle on the Upper Charles Bridge in Nuremberg

the Pegnitz River


Pont Charles
 





The Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady")
Built on the initiative of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor between 1352 and 1362. 

The bronze shrine of St Sebald. (Sebaldskirche)
 
by VISCHER, Peter the Younger
(b. 1487, Nürnberg, d. 1528, Nürnberg)

Sebaldus, was an 8th-century missionary and is the patron saint of Nuremberg.

Church of San Sebaldo (St. Sebald's Church) windows.

Along with Frauenkirche (Our Lady's Church) and St. Lorenz, it is one of the most important churches of the city, and also one of the oldest. It is located at the Albrecht-Dürer-Platz, in front of the old city hall.


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