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Title: Picturesque Germany
First Series

Author: Anonymous

Illustrator: Julius Nitsche
F. Bruckmann

Release Date: November 11, 2007 [EBook #23446]

Language: English

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PICTURESQUE
GERMANY

First Series

[Illustration: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe / born at Francfort on the
Main, August 28, 1749 / died at Weimar, March 22, 1832 / Painting by
Karl Joseph Stieler in the New Pinacothek, Munich / Photograph by Piloty
and Loehle, Munich]

[Illustration: The Poet's Room in the castle at Weimar / Bust of
Frederick von Schiller on the right / Photograph by Louis Held, Weimar]

[Illustration: Picturesque spot in Frankfort on the Main / Saalgasse
(Saal Street) with the Holy Ghost Fountain. In the background can be
seen the tower of the Cathedral, the foundation of which was laid in
874 / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin]

[Illustration: A monument from the time of the Roman Emperors in
Germany / The "Porta nigra" at Treves (Trier) on the Moselle, a Roman
gateway dating from the 4th century / Photograph by the National
Messbildanstalt, Berlin]

[Illustration: The golden portal of the Cathedral at Freiberg in
Saxony / Ruins of the former Church of our Lady. About 1230 / The
absolute climax in the development of the Romanesque Portal, which
produced so much of rare beauty (Dehio) / The style of this creation is
of the most perfect delicacy and charm (Luebke) / Partial view from a
photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin]

[Illustration: The Pillar of Justice with the Bronze Lion on the
Burgplatz in Brunswick (Braunschweig) / Erected by Henry the Lion in
1166 / Photograph by the National Messbildanstalt, Berlin]

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