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Le Havre, a UNESCO World Heritage City is an important port in northern France, located at the mouth of the Seine. The city was founded in the early 16th century with the name of Franciscopolis, soon becoming a busy port for trade with the French colonies in America. The city was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, rebuilt ...

City of medieval origin located east of Dortmund, it was founded in the 9th century, and in the following centuries it became one of the most important in the region, it also became part of the Hanseatic League, but starting from the 15th century, it underwent a slow but constant decline . Today Soest has a characteristic historical center formed ...

Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia has kept a practically intact medieval old town, the two most famous buildings of the city are the Cathedral (Mariendom) and the church of St. Severus (Severikirche), which are located next to each other. Other interesting buildings include the citadel of Petersberg, a fortress from the Baroque era, the old medieval bridge of Krämerbrücke, with ...

The city of Lille – after Paris, Lyon and Marseille – forms the fourth largest metropolitan area in France. The city is located in the extreme north of France near the border with Belgium, just 35 minutes from Brussels, 1 hour from Paris and 2 hours from London. Lille is the largest city and the capital of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, ...

This beautiful German town in Lower Saxony, located a few km southeast of Hanover, is home to interesting and valuable historic buildings, including the cathedral and the ancient Benedictine abbey (Kirche St. Michael), buildings built in the Middle Ages, during the sacred Roman Empire, both declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Another notable place of interest is the historic Marktplatz ...

Saarbrücken is the capital of Saarland, and is located close to the border with France, it is a city that originated as a small town during the late Roman Empire, then developed as a castle during the Middle Ages. Today the city is famous for its Baroque palaces, the work of the famous architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel, they overlook the ...

City located along the Rhine, in the final stretch of the Middle Rhine Valley area declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the city is rich in history, here in fact the Romans, in 9 BC. they built a fortified castle there, strategically located at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle. In the 9th century the city became the ...

Trier (Trier), an important historical city of the country, located near the border with Luxembourg, was the Roman Augusta Treverorum, founded in the first century BC. C. became the capital of Gallia Belgica and then one of the capitals of the Western Roman Empire. In medieval times the city was one of the electric cities of the Holy Roman Empire. ...

The city of Augsburg is the ancient Augusta Vindelicorum founded by the Romans in 15 AD. as the arrival point of the Via Claudia, it is today an important city in Bavaria, and after Trier it is the oldest city in Germany. In addition to the Roman era, Augsburg was also important during the Renaissance, so much so that it ...

The city of Lienz is the main center and the capital of East Tyrol, the city is located in Val Pusteria at about 670 meters above sea level. Lienz originated in the Middle Ages, even if the area was already inhabited in Roman times, just 4 km from the current Lienz are in fact the ruins of the Roman city ...