Wabbidashery… aka, The Heritage Heaven Tour
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Round two of the Wabbidashery aka The Heritage Heaven Tour starts right here!
Enjoy @Tago-Mago
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@Tago-Mago damn. that looks mint!! check the pockets!
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@Tago-Mago enjoy it in good health!!
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Wabby goes World Heritage Site part 1:
Before we moved to our own house just outside the city I lived in Regensburg for 18 years. Regensburg’s historic city centre and Danube island Stadtamhof became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006. While there are signs of Celtic settlements in the area, Regensburg was the site of a Roman fort called Ratisbona in 179 AD, remains of which can still be seen:
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In 739 Regensburg became a Bishop‘s seat. The oldest remaining parts of a cathedral are the Romanesque „Eselsturm or Donkey‘s Tower“, ca. 12th century:
The current cathedral was begun in 1275 in the Gothic style and completed in 1872 with the addition of the two spires:
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As one of the few places where you were able to cross the Danube Regensburg became an important trading hub in the Middle Ages. Some of the old storage buildings remain, such as the Salzstadel (below in white on the left) and Amberger Stadel (below in yellow on the right) the former now being used as a visitors centre and the latter as student accommodation:
.The tower in between is the only remaining of originally three towers, one at each end of the Stone Bridge (built 1135-1146) and one in the middle:
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Thanks for showing around @Tago-Mago.
What about the perhaps oldest continuously open public restaurant in the world ‘Wurstkuchl’? -
@Aetas right here in the lower left corner. Apparently they have been serving meals here since the Stone Bridge was built. Sausages didn't become a staple until the 19th century, despite it's name
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@Tago-Mago Very good.
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Wow, thank you for taking us in this tour @Tago-Mago . Those of us with mostly the shortest of American history in our backgrounds appreciate something concrete that lasts.
