Klein-Venedig

So when my friend who has been living in Venice came to visit, I decided he must be homesick so I thought we could go up to Bamberg (aka Little Venice). And as we discovered is exactly like Venice...

 Churches with fun quadratura!

 Gondolas

 

 And buildings, like this town hall, built right on the water

 Nothing says Venice like half-timbered buildings

 I promised Michael, that unlike Salzburg where we were going later, there wasn't going to be a busy festival. You can see I was correct. Also here is where Bamberg has a little bit of an identity crisis, because we are on one of its seven hills.

 Boat Races

 And only Venice has flowers

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Here is Michael feeling right at home. 

Anyway it was a really beautiful town, and what is more, very important to the Ottonian King Henry II, who is buried here with his wife, and my dissertation.

 The church built under ol' Heinrich II was partially destroyed by fire in 1081. The new cathedral was consecrated in 1111 (an easy date to remember) and in the 13th century received its present late-Romanesque form.

 Neue Residenz, residence of the bishops after the 17th century

Der Super-Famous Bamberger Reiter which is a symbol of the city, even though no one knows who it is supposed to represent. Considering the rest of the town I am going to say it represents Colleoni*

*Bad art history joke.**

**like you really needed to be told that