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Trierer Dom
Looming above the Roman palace of Helena (Emperor Constantines mother), Germanys oldest bishops church and still retains Roman sections. Todays edifice is a study in nearly 1700 years of church architecture with Romanesque, Gothic and baroque elements. Intriguingly, its floorplan i
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Hambacher Schloss
Atop a forested Pfälzerwald hill 6km southwest of the centre, this cradle of German democracy is where idealistic locals, Polish refugees and French citizens held massive protests for a free, democratic, united Germany on 27 May 1832, hoisting the black, red and gold German flag f
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Albertinum
After massive renovations following severe 2002 flood damage, the Renaissance-era former arsenal became the stunning home of the Galerie Neue Meister (New Masters Gallery), which displays an arc of paintings by some of the great names in art from the 18th century onwards. Caspar Da
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Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost
Shiny, space-age Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost offers a journey around the world along the longitudinal meridian 8° east, through climate zones in Switzerland, Italy, Niger, Cameroon, Antarctica, Samoa, Alaska and Germany. The educational displays are aimed at kids but are adult-fri
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Schloss
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Museumsquartier St Annen
This newly designated museum quarter includes an old synagogue, church and medieval buildings along its uneven streets. The namesake St Annen Museum details the diverse history of the neighbourhood as it traces 700 years of art and culture. The adjoining St Annen Kunstalle has eccl
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Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
This astounding collection of European art from the 16th to 18th centuries boasts an incredible number of masterpieces, including Rafaels famous Sistine Madonna , which dominates the enormous main hall on the ground floor, as well as works by Titian, Tintoretto, Holbein, Dürer, and
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Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
Assembled by literature-loving local duchess Anna Amalia (1739–1807), this Unesco World Heritage library has been beautifully reconstructed after a monumental fire in 2004 destroyed much of the building and its priceless contents. Some of the most precious tomes are housed in the m
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Dom St Petri
With its steeple towering above the Altstadt (old town), the Dom St Petri provides an excellent point of orientation. It’s also home to the intricate Bordesholmer Altar (1521), a carving by Hans Brüggemann. The 12.6m by 7.14m altar, on the wall furthest from the entrance, shows mor
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St Nikolaikirche
St Nikolai was first built in 1315 in Gothic style only to go all baroque three centuries later. Outside the prim church ensemble of St Nikolai and Lorettokapelle, the covered walkway protects some pretty nifty Stations of the Cross made of Nymphenburg porcelain. Today the church i
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Münster
The main crowd-puller in Villingens Altstadt is the red-sandstone, 12th-century Münster with its disparate spires: one overlaid with coloured tiles, the other spiky and festooned with gargoyles. The Romanesque portals with haut-relief doors depict dramatic biblical scenes.
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Münster Basilica
A good place to start exploring Bonn’s historic centre is on Münsterplatz, where the landmark Münster Basilica was built on the graves of the two martyred Roman soldiers who later got promoted to be the city’s patron saints. It got its Gothic look in the 13th century but the Romane
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Freilandmuseum Lehde
In the protected village of Lehde, this cluster of historic Sorb farm buildings gives you a good sense of what rural life in the Spreewald was like a century ago. Wander among the reed-covered buildings, stop at a punt-builders workshop, meet local folk dressed in colourful Sorb co
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Holstentor
Built in 1464 and looking so settled-in that it appears to sag, Lübeck’s charming red-brick city gate is a national icon. Its twin pointed cylindrical towers, leaning together across the stepped gable that joins them, captivated Andy Warhol (his print is in the St Annen Museum), a
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Kloster Machern
The Moselle might be better known for its wine but a former Cistercian monastery, founded in the 13th century, now houses this extraordinary brewery, with a bar made from a copper vat and strung with dry hops, a wicker-chair-filled terrace, and excellent local cuisine. Brews, inclu
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Judenhof
A block south of the Rathaus, the ‘Jews’ Courtyard’ is one of the most important medieval Jewish sites in Germany: the remains of a Romanesque-style synagogue that was consecrated in 1104 and used until 1450. Highlights include the 13th-century women’s section, a Mikwe (ritual bath
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Burg Frankenstein
Built by Lord Konrad II Reiz von Breuberg around 1250, this hulking, partly ruined hilltop castle was visited by Mary Shelley on her German travels in 1814, inspiring the title of her famous novel and its protagonist. Tours are in German but youre free to walk around the castle and
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Miniatur Wunderland
Even the worst cynics are quickly transformed into fans of this vast miniature world that goes on and on. The model trains wending their way through the Alps are impressive – but slightly predictable. But when you see a model A380 swoop out of the sky and land at the fully function
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Beethoven
One of the worlds most famous composers, Beethoven was born in 1770 in this rather humble town house. Today it displays a predictable array of scores, letters, paintings and instruments, including his last grand piano. Of note are the huge ear trumpets he used to combat his growing
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Salzwelten
The sale of salt filled Salzburg’s coffers during its princely heyday. At Austria’s biggest show mine, you can slip into a boiler suit to descend to the bowels of the earth. The tour aboard a rickety train passes through a maze of claustrophobic passageways, over the border to Germ
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