As to your comment about destruction, well, only few places are left, among them Marburg an der Lahn, Germany, Solothurn, Switzerland, or Kyoto, Japan. Mind you, these survived major wars, with Solothurn being the exception whose early modern inner city was preserved despite massive pressures to "modernise".
Kyoto was spared Allied bombing due to its importance for Japanese civilisation.
Marburg was spared Allied bombing because of its eponymous photograph collection ("Marburg Picture Index") as the Allies needed these records for the eventual reconstruction of Germany after the war; see https://www.bildindex.de/ and check out some of their awesome collections.
>my friend Georg Hoffmann who has been appointed director of the HGM about a year ago
Well, well!
I shall know whom to contact for the REAL tour...very exciting.
Great article, thank you.
Oh, well, I'm unsure he's going to give you a guided tour, though, for directors are, always, very busy…
Boo!
Ok, then. Just tell him to open up the underground vaults where the good stuff is and I will have a look around on my own :)
It’s a wonderful story behind the pictures.
I’m consistently amazed at how early in the history of warfare they began building the death machines. All those big guns!
Can’t help but wonder how many of those old cities had never seen war and destruction before the 1800’s. All that preserved glory
As to your comment about destruction, well, only few places are left, among them Marburg an der Lahn, Germany, Solothurn, Switzerland, or Kyoto, Japan. Mind you, these survived major wars, with Solothurn being the exception whose early modern inner city was preserved despite massive pressures to "modernise".
Kyoto was spared Allied bombing due to its importance for Japanese civilisation.
Marburg was spared Allied bombing because of its eponymous photograph collection ("Marburg Picture Index") as the Allies needed these records for the eventual reconstruction of Germany after the war; see https://www.bildindex.de/ and check out some of their awesome collections.
Wow. I had no idea