Tag: Germany

Perspective Square

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Trumpeting to ages past.

Sometimes perspective is forced upon you as was the case here. This herald angel stands on the parapet above a large gate inside the wider courtyard of the castle Fürstenau – the only way to look is up.

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Past Square #6

Archways in Neustadt a.d. Weinstraße

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There are more than 20 towns and villages called Neustadt in Germany, meaning “new town”, so they get an affix to distinguish one from the other. Neustadt an der Weinstraße is situated on the German Wine Road, a route traversing the wine region of the Palatinate region in the southwest of Germany. It is surrounded by vineyards to all sides, and there are traditional wineries and wine-growers on every street and on every corner. These are traditionally homesteads in the middle of the village, several houses and buildings surrounding a courtyard. They usually have a large gate as the main entrance to let tractors and in former times horse-drawn carriages in.

Protestantisches Dekanat Neustadt an der Weinstraße

Often they have a smaller door set in the larger gate for everyday access. When the building purpose is changed the arches are often kept because of the structure of the wall as well as for looks.

In this case the arch was filled in except for a door and a window.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Wavy or Arches

Light Square

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Revelling in the evening light, Burg Breuberg, a monument to times gone past: built in the era of the Hohenstaufen with large extensions during the Gothic and Renaissance periods.

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Past Square #4