Bamberg in Winter: A pic spam
Dec. 21st, 2009 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakAs those of you who've been reading these ramblings for longer know, I'm a wee bit prejudiced in favour of my hometown, Bamberg, and its prettiness. Making the claim that you can take a walk and admire the beauty of the city even when the weather is bad. Well, with all this snow we've been having lately, I put my money, or rather, my camera, where my mouth is. Behold the results.
That's the core of the old town, the former prince bishop's residence and the cathedral, watched from St. Michaels. More close:
And now the cathedral in detail, if one stands right in front of it:
It's Romanic-Gothic in style. Whereas the former Residence (where the big receptions are hosted these days) is baroque:
And the third building on the square, the Alte Hofhaltung, is medieval switching to Renaissance. That's where the Emperors used to live when they came here:
Enough about princes both clerical and noble. On to the city hall:
But royalty is not evaded for long. Near the old city hall, one bridge further, is a statue of St. Kunigunde, who co-founded the city together with her husband (the only Empress and Emperor who made it to saint status.) Behind Kunigunde is little Venice:
Which looks exceedingly pretty when watched from the other side. Back to St. Michael's, where you can do so:
Speaking of St. Michael's, check out the wintery look up of it from all sides:
And back to the view from this garden, looking to Little Venice and the roofs of Bamberg:
In conclusion: I love my hometown:
That's the core of the old town, the former prince bishop's residence and the cathedral, watched from St. Michaels. More close:
And now the cathedral in detail, if one stands right in front of it:
It's Romanic-Gothic in style. Whereas the former Residence (where the big receptions are hosted these days) is baroque:
And the third building on the square, the Alte Hofhaltung, is medieval switching to Renaissance. That's where the Emperors used to live when they came here:
Enough about princes both clerical and noble. On to the city hall:
But royalty is not evaded for long. Near the old city hall, one bridge further, is a statue of St. Kunigunde, who co-founded the city together with her husband (the only Empress and Emperor who made it to saint status.) Behind Kunigunde is little Venice:
Which looks exceedingly pretty when watched from the other side. Back to St. Michael's, where you can do so:
Speaking of St. Michael's, check out the wintery look up of it from all sides:
And back to the view from this garden, looking to Little Venice and the roofs of Bamberg:
In conclusion: I love my hometown:
