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THE MOSEL VALLEY HAMBURG Known as La Moselle in nearby France, the Mosel River weaves a snake-like path through the mountains west of the Rhineland. It doesn’t have the Rhine’s dramatic scenery, but we somehow prefer it, with its vineyards, castles, and fortresses that attract far fewer visitors. The swiftmoving Rhine is filled with commercial traffic, but the Mosel is slow-moving, tranquil, and inviting, The port city of Hamburg is exhilarating. ” This Hanseatic City along the Elbe River has been beautifully rebuilt after the devastation caused by bombers in World War II, especially the night of July 28, 1943.

115, 112, and 127 respectively). There’s a museum devoted to him called the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche–Schinkelmuseum (p. 121). • In Munich. Ludwig I had Leo von Kelnze lay out neoclassical structures across his “new Athens,” including those surrounding Königsplatz (p. 304) and the nearby Alte and Neue Pinakotheks (p. 304 and 311). • Ludwig II’s Bavarian fantasies. Caught up in Wagner’s dramatic operas set in the heroic Middle Ages, “Mad King” Ludwig II was the ultimate romantic, building for himself a series of faux medieval fairytale castles, including Herrenchiemsee’s Neues Neuschwanstein Schloss (p.

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