1652 – St Lorenz Basilika, Kempten, Bavaria
Under the direction of the Prince Abbott Giel of Gielsberg, the St Lorenz Basilika was begun on 13 April 1652.
Under the direction of the Prince Abbott Giel of Gielsberg, the St Lorenz Basilika was begun on 13 April 1652.
The Rathaus or Townhall has a fine if unusual principal facade which faces onto the Rathausplatz. Bounded on all sides by streets,
Now a freestanding tower near the river Iller, the Illertor was once a gateway into the Aldstadt through the city walls.
From 1525 to 1802 Kempten was divided into two parts: a Protestant Reichsstadt (free imperial city) and a Catholic Fürststift (Benedictine abbey).
Never completed after the mysterious death of its instigator, the eccentric Bavarian King Ludwig II in 1886,
A fortified castle stood on this site from the middle ages but was destroyed during the Tyrolean War.
The new VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art and The George Bernard Shaw Theatre, located on the grounds of Carlow College was opened on the 26th of September 2009.
The fine Gothic-Renaissance Ulm Town Hall of 1370 is decorated with brightly coloured frescos. Everything on this building has been decorated or is there for decorative effect from the figurative gargoyles,
The magnificent early Gothic cathedral, capable of containing 30,000 people was begun in 1377, and carried on at intervals till 1545.
Sited across from the Münster, Meier’s Stadthaus is a tourist information & arts centre for the city of Ulm.