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Park Sanssouci: Potsdam playground of Prussian kings architecture baroque buildings beautiful cities & towns european history germany potsdam Aug 28, 2025

Park Sanssouci is one of the glories of world-heritage Potsdam.

The grand park of almost 300 hectares, developed in stages by Frederick the...

It’s a sign: The amazing story of Bonn's Namen-Jesu-Kirche architecture baroque buildings beautiful cities & towns bonn european history germany historic monuments Aug 20, 2025

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 ...

The cradle of genius: Bonn's Beethoven-Haus baroque buildings bonn european history historic monuments museums music Aug 14, 2025

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

Beautiful Passau is part of the greatest German story architecture baroque buildings beautiful cities & towns european history germany medieval cities & towns passau roman empire Aug 12, 2025

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...

The exquisite beauty of Berlin’s Schloss Charlottenburg architecture baroque buildings berlin european history germany historic monuments Aug 30, 2024

Berlin’s biggest palace precinct, Schloss Charlottenburg, is a complex of vast wings and gardens. Its exterior architecture is graceful and ...

Palace coup: Berliner Schloss makes a grand comeback architecture baroque buildings berlin european history germany historic monuments museums Aug 30, 2024

Berliner Schloss is the building that took centuries to create, days to destroy, and years to rise again. It’s the most intriguing architect...

German Baroque architecture leaves us cities of wonder baroque buildings beautiful cities & towns dresden germany heidelberg historic monuments passau Jul 15, 2023

Baroque in Germany is usually a style found in churches, monasteries and country residences. Baroque as an urban style is not common. The di...