IU383. ROSTOCK HISTORY MUSEUM
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , acLOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The Cultural History Museum was opened in 1859 and has been located within the medieval walls of the Holy Cross Convent since 1984. The permanent exhibitions feature medieval art, 16th to 19th century arts and crafts from the Ahrenshoop and Schwaan artists’ colonies, and coins, notes and medals from the numismatic […]
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IU382. ROSTOCK FISCHERBASTION
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , whLOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS To the north of the Kröpeliner Tor in Rostock, reached by way of the Wallanlagen (the gardens on the line of the old fortifications), is the 17th C. Fischerbastion. SOURCE Class: [ C ] Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Properties Subclass: Monuments and sites Web pages: http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/rostock/index_artikel_komplett.phtml?SID=ab070237e2c4180bd935922defe051cb¶m=news&id=2611114 http://www.gemo-netz.de/rostock/rostock_bilder/stadt/Fischerbastion_2007-09-23.php http://www.gemo-netz.de/rostock/diesunddas/Fischerbastion/Fischerbastion_Bilder/Fischerbastion_2006-04-22_6.jpg
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IU381. ROSTOCK HISTORICAL CENTER
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , arLOCATION photo source ATTRACTIONS The city hall was built between 1270 and 1290 as a two floor double-gabled house with a vaulted cellar, which was also used as a market in the Middle Ages. St. Peter’s Church was built in the middle of the 14th century. The first reference to a church on this site […]
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IU380. SCHWERIN THE TECHNISCHE MUSEUM
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , thLOCATION Werderstr. 124 19055 Schwerin, Niemcy 0385 512878 photo source: ATTRACTIONS Schwerin: The Origin of Technology The main focus of the exhibition is on vehicles. Everybody knows that shipbuilding is an important sector in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for several hundred years already. But only few people know that there has been railway, aircraft and automobile industry here […]
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IU379. SCHWERIN THE STAATLICHES MUSEUM SCHWERIN
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , acLOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The Staatliches Museum Schwerin is an art gallery and museum in Schwerin in Germany. It was established by Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1882 its historicist Haupthaus as the Staatsgalerie next to the Staatstheater. Its other locations are opposite the Schweriner Schloss and in the former residences at […]
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IU378. SCHWERIN THE TOWN HALL
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: c , msLOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS (Local Name: Altstädtisches Rathaus) The historic streets and squares of the old town of Schwerin, including the Markt, have been restored and rebuilt in recent years. At the southeast corner of the Markt stands the Old Town Hall (Altstädtisches Rathaus), the oldest parts of which date from the 14th C.; […]
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IU377. SCHWERIN THE ALTER GARTEN
Country: germany Region: mecklenburg-vorpommern Heritage type: n , plLOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The “Alter Garten” is one of the most beautiful and impressive squares in Schwerin. It is situated opposite the palace island and used to be the ducal fruit and vegetable garden. The prestigious buildings surrounding the square were all added in the 19th century: The State Theatre of Mecklenburg, the State […]
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IU376. YSTAD HALF-TIMBERED HOUSES
Country: sweden Region: scania Heritage type: c , arLOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS With its 300 half-timbered buildings, no other town in Scandinavia and few in Europe can boast such a complete picture of bygone times. And it is a district that is very much alive. Many of the old buildings house shops, eateries and other fascinating places for people who like to enjoy […]
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IU375. YSTAD GLIMMIMGEHUS, CASTLE
Country: sweden Region: scania Heritage type: c , msLOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS Glimmingehus, located in Simrishamn Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden, is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia. It was built 1499-1506, during an era when Scania formed a vital part of Denmark, and contains many defensive arrangements of the era, such as parapets, false doors and dead-end corridors, ‘murder-holes’ for pouring […]
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IU374. LUND MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY
Country: sweden Region: scania Heritage type: c , acLOCATION Kulturen Tegnérsplatsen, Box 1095 S-22104 Lund Sweden photo source: ATTRACTIONS (Local Name: Kulturhistoriska Museet) In Lund’s Tegnérsplats is the Museum of Cultural History (Kulturhistoriska Museet; popularly known simply as Kulturen), an open-air museum with farmhouses, pastors’ houses and town houses from all over southern Sweden; particularly notable is an old church from Bosebo in […]
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