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A medieval abbey church, Roman trading warehouses, perhaps also a sports venue with pool, and a post-war ruin are all part of the story of t...

One of the most remarkable churches in the Rhine region is not just unusual in appearance. Namen-Jesu-Kirche in Bonn has a foundation story ...

Ludwig van Beethoven left Bonn behind, but the city has preserved and cherished his legacy, making Beethoven-Haus Bonn a centre for music lo...

Passau, on the south-eastern edge of Germany near the Austrian border, is set in a spectacular river location with a castle perched above on...

Potsdam, more than Berlin, was the home of the Hohenzollern princes who created Prussia, the most ambitious and vital of German states.

The...

Bonn‘s Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland has a significance beyond most German history museums. It charts the return of Ger...

Schloß Sanssouci, the superb summer palace on the terrace above the Weinberg, is today Potsdam's chief visitor attraction. At its height, it...

Ravenna in north-eastern Italy is known as the city of mosaics. Here, art and history were created piece by piece.

The Byzantine art form h...