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© 2007 Tomasz Dziubinski

Old Town Hall & Regnitz River

Bamberg - Bavaria, Germany

The 15th century half-timbered building falls all the way down the side of the bridge almost into the river itself. Hovering over the two bridges is the newer part of the Townhall, built in the 18th century in a garish Baroque style. The colourful frescoes on the sides of the building are just fantastic, and make this one of the most unusual and most picturesque town halls in all of Germany, if not Europe.Why was the Town Hall built on this *strange* location? The legend explains that the unusual construction site was chosen because the Bishop refused to grant the citizens a building site for the Town Hall that the citizens wanted to have.


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Nestor Derkach18-Sep-2007 12:14
Excellent point of view and a beautiful image with nice light and shadows that are very friendly toward each other.
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Marcia Colelli17-Sep-2007 12:33
nice perspective and composition V
Gary Hebert17-Sep-2007 12:07
georgeous light and tones Tomasz... :)
René Gysi17-Sep-2007 11:55
Great picture from a beautiful town. V
Vince17-Sep-2007 11:54
A great perspective to view the Town Hall and the river. Excellent work Tomasz. Vote.
Gordon W17-Sep-2007 11:38
Excellent! Such an interesting town.
Guest 17-Sep-2007 11:00
Interesting place/story, great picture, v.