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Tag: WHS in Germany

Reconstructed interior in the Le Corbusier house during a Weissenhof Estate guided tour
Germany, UNESCO

A guided tour through the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart – a Le Corbusier UNESCO site

by Westwards / 29 August 20241 September 2024

During a stop in Stuttgart, we visited the Weissenhof Estate, a UNESCO World Heritage site, highlighting modernist architecture with buildings by Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.

Prince Pückler's pyramid in the garden of Branitz Castle
Germany, UNESCO

Visiting the gardens of Prince Pückler-Muskau in Germany

by Westwards / 16 April 202127 March 2024

Muskau park is the largest and one of the most famous English landscape gardens in Central Europe, stretching along both …

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Bauhaus Bernau refectory
Germany, UNESCO

A tour through the Bauhaus Memorial in Bernau

by Westwards / 18 November 202029 February 2024

The modernist Workers’ Union school was built into a forest outside of Berlin. Today it is open to visitors as …

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Ceiling fresco at the pilgrimage church of Wies
Germany, UNESCO

The Pilgrimage church of Wies – A Baroque stuccoed dream coming true

by Westwards / 6 December 201711 March 2024

Stepping out of the forest after a few hours of hiking, we see the church on a low hill across …

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Classic view of Cologne Cathedral with the River Rhine and the train bridge, Hohenzollernbrücke
Germany, UNESCO

Exploring Cologne Cathedral

by Westwards / 16 February 201714 December 2023

We have just entered the enormous Cologne Cathedral when an order in long red robes clears his throat. “Please, would …

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View on the Würzburg residence
Germany, UNESCO

The Würzburg Residence – a masterpiece of baroque architecture

by Westwards / 19 January 20166 May 2024

When we arrive at the Würzburg Residence it is raining cats and dogs. And all the other tourists visiting this …

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a visit to Stralsund Old Town
Germany, UNESCO

Why we went to visit Stralsund instead of Iran

by Westwards / 19 May 201518 August 2024

Last Friday we went to visit Stralsund, a hanseatic town on the German Baltic Sea Coast. It was not so …

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Window in Dessau Bauhaus
Germany, UNESCO

Masters of Design – a visit to the Bauhaus buildings in Dessau

by Westwards / 5 April 201515 September 2024

Clear lines, abstract formality, total functionality: Bauhaus is the quintessential German design school. Of several locations of the Bauhaus school, …

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Gothic Aachen cathedral from the outside
Germany, UNESCO

Aachen Cathedral – Splendour of Charlemagne (UNESCO WHS)

by Westwards / 25 December 201414 June 2024

On Christmas Day in the year 800 AD, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in …

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Coal Mine Industrial complex in Essen
Germany, UNESCO

Industrial culture at the Zollverein Coal Mine in Essen

by Westwards / 21 December 201425 September 2024

Essen is a city in the middle of the “Ruhrgebiet”, Germany’s traditional centre of mining and heavy industry. But today …

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