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Project: Germany - Lubeck.

Germany - Lubeck: Holstentor.

 

From outside the Alstadt - old city:

Lübeck’s landmark, the Holstentor. This city gate is made up of two red brick, cylindrical towers capped with peaked roofs that flank a gabled house with the characteristic up and down stairway-shaped façade. When it was completed in 1478, the Holstentor became Lübeck’s western gateway, a guardian of the city center on the far side of the Trave River. The gateway seems rather squat and lopsided, but is still impressive because of what it represents - Lübeck at the height of its power.

www.travel-wise.com/europe/western-europe/germany/lubeck....

Also check out:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holstentor

 

`in gold lettering the words over the entrance of the Gate read:

CONCORDIA DOMI FORIS PAX.

 

On the right of the picture can be seen The Salzspeicher (salt storehouses) of Lübeck, Germany, six historic brick buildings on the Upper Trave River. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzspeicher

 

The first time I saw the Holstentor was as a picture on the lid of a jigsaw puzzle when I was a child! I guess that I never dreampt that I would see it for real!

 

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Uploaded on June 26, 2008
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