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Architecture

View to the Congress Hall and Documentation Centre of Nuremberg

Reichsparteitagsgelände (Former Nazi Party Rally Grounds)

Former Nazi Party Rally Grounds and remaining structures: the unfinished Congress Hall, the main stand at the Zeppelinfeld and the Grosse Strasse (parade road) stand as mute witnesses to National Socialist megalomania.

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Chained Suspension Bridge (Kettensteg) Nuremberg

Bridges

It is hardly surprising that almost every visitor to Nuremberg takes back home with them a snapshot or postcard depicting a bridge, because this mediaeval city had become established around the river Pegnitz, which separates the Lorenz old town district in the south from the...[more]

The Nassau House in Nuremberg

Nassauer Haus (Nassau House)

One of the best preserved examples of a medieval residential tower (for the nobility). 

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Former Customs House (Mauthalle) in Nuremberg

Mauthalle (Former Customs House)

1498-1502 first built as a grain and salt storehouse; from 1572 imperial city weigh house and customs house. 1897/98 conversion to commercial shops and offices. 

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Modern glass building of the Art Gallery in Nuremberg

Kopfbau zum Künstlerhaus

The Cultural Information Office, located in the modern glass building of the Art Gallery and thus directly accessible along the route from the main train station to the City Center, provides information on the numerous cultural programs in Greater Nuremberg. Along with tips...[more]

Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Nuremberg

Heilig-Geist-Spital (Hospital of the Holy Spirit)

Established from 1332 to 1339 as a foundation endowed by the wealthy patrician Konrad Groß (“Imperial Mayor”) for the elderly and needy. Considered the largest private endowment by any individual before 1500.

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Cinecittà in Nuremberg

Cinecittà

CINECITTA´ is Germany‘s largest cinema complex with  23 cinema auditoriums, 5000 m2 of foyer space, three restaurants as well as various bar areas and cafés. Since its opening in 1995 over 27 cineasts have visited the commanding building in the heart of the Old Town of...[more]