Germania

Jan 15, 2010 14:57

So, I've been ignoring the LJ updates for a while, so I figured I should post a little more about this years Trip to Germany, post clusterfuckery. ( Read more... )

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uzbradistan January 15 2010, 23:46:37 UTC
"Matthew's Gate" -- never heard of that, what is it? Any connection to a camel passing through the eye of a needle?

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darklordmoeser January 16 2010, 04:54:19 UTC
Here's some pictures of it
http://www.urlaub-reise-ideen.de/bautzen/matthiasturm.html
Apparently its Matthias Turm. Whatever a Turm is.

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Es ist klar. alpine_tunnel January 16 2010, 14:44:35 UTC
Von de.wikipedia.org: "Ein Turm ist ein Bauwerk, dessen Höhe ein Mehrfaches seines Durchmessers bzw. seiner Stärke beträgt. Er kann für sich stehen oder Teil eines größeren Gebäudes sein. Türme können aus Steinen, aus Holz, Stahl oder Stahlbeton errichtet sein."

In other words, a Turm is a tower.

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uzbradistan January 17 2010, 22:23:40 UTC
Those are some gorgeous photos -- thanks for the link!

Matthias Corvinus was one of the great kings of Hungary, by the way; he showed up in Vasari's book as a patron of Italian artists, managing to lure some of them away from Italy to his court.

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