Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortificati

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Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The magnificent Gothic west portal (echoes of Strasbourg?) surmounted by the figure of Emperor Otto I.

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Keywords: architecture, carving, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, metropolis, national, picturesque, stone