Oct. 22 - We left Nurnberg and had another bus ride to Regensburg, Germany. This is our last stop in Germany. Regensburg is located on the northernmost point on the Danube. It was an important Roman City in the 2nd century when the impressive city gate, the Porta Praetoria, was constructed. Our tour guide walked us across the Steinerne Brucke or Stone Bridge to enter the city.
The Stone Bridge
Views of the Danube from the stone bridge
We saw the Cathedral of St Peter. This is the finest Gothic building in Bavaria built between 1250 and 1275. The towers are 341 feet high.
Inside the church
Regensburg measured their floods also -
When the city was part of the Roman Empire in the 2nd century, there was a wall around the city and entry ways into the city called the Porta Praetoria. Part of a wall and entryway are still there but walls have been built into them.
Entryway
Looking thru the narrow streets to the towers of the church -
While we were there a Bavaria band came down the street marching and playing.
Regensburg had many impressive building such as this one. The city has more than 1300 listed buildings 'of historic interest'.
One more view of the stone bridge, built between 1135 and 1146.
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