Germany Loving

Augsburg's Altstadt is where most of the best things to do can be found, like its stunning Rathausplatz, with Renaissance splendor adorning an ornate town hall and offering up numerous activities for you to do!  South of this location lies the elegant Maximilianstrasse, lined by stately buildings such as Fuggerkapelle (remains of banker Jakob Fugger). Here, visitors can marvel at intricate Renaissance star vaults and patterns within a 93.5-meter nave. St Ulrich’s and St Afra’s abbey At the end of Maximilianstrasse stands two buildings which symbolize religious tolerance between Catholic and Protestant Christians in Southern Germany. They were originally the church and abbey of a large Benedictine monastery founded in the 11th century; later connected at right angles to comply with the terms of the Peace of Augsburg from 1555, which required imperial cities to allow both Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches to coexist peacefully side-by-side. As St Ulrich (923-73) flourished, both c