by Leiermann | May 5, 2022 | History, The city of Madrid
Water ! by Thomas Büser Madrid may be located on a dry plateau. But if you think there is no river here, you are mistaken. A look at the virtual map is not exactly encouraging: the much-travelled Spanish coasts are between 350 and 600 kilometres away. Larger...
by Leiermann | Feb 26, 2022 | History, The city of Augsburg
History of the city of Augsburg by Christian Schaller Antiquity and the Middle Ages: From Roman Provincial Capital to Medieval Imperial City Since ancient times, the foothills of the Alps have been considered an important crossroads for numerous supra-regional...
by Leiermann | Aug 24, 2021 | Fine Arts, The city of Augsburg
The Mercury Fountain and the Hercules Fountain by Christian Schaller The Mercury Fountain and the Hercules Fountain by Adriaen de Vries in Augsburg In the Middle Ages, Augsburg had grown into one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire and was...
by Leiermann | Aug 20, 2020 | History, The city of Augsburg
Augusta Vindelicum by Christian Schaller Augusta Vindelicum – Augsburg in the Roman period The Bavarian-Swabian Augsburg is – next to places like Trier, Kempten or Worms – one of the oldest cities in Germany. A legion camp on the Wertach...
by Leiermann | Aug 20, 2020 | Fine Arts, The city of Augsburg
The Fuggerei in Augsburg by Christian Schaller The Fuggerei in Augsburg is the oldest social settlement in the world that is continuously in use. It was built between 1514 and 1523 by order of the brothers Ulrich, Georg and above all Jakob Fugger (the rich)...