A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . tedDiet of Wormswere pulled downa few years sinceto make roomfor an infontsschool. A mostinteresting build-ing is the twelfthcentury syna-gogue, the oldestnow existing inEurope. Mannheim isby no means aninteresting place,as none of itsbuildings dateback more thana century. TheRathhaus, how-ever, is dignified,and the plan-ning of the townmay offer a hintto our suiveyorshow to arrangeperfectly straightstreets, and yetavoid those acuteangles which are such awkward, inconvenient,and unsightly features in our mo
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . tedDiet of Wormswere pulled downa few years sinceto make roomfor an infontsschool. A mostinteresting build-ing is the twelfthcentury syna-gogue, the oldestnow existing inEurope. Mannheim isby no means aninteresting place,as none of itsbuildings dateback more thana century. TheRathhaus, how-ever, is dignified,and the plan-ning of the townmay offer a hintto our suiveyorshow to arrangeperfectly straightstreets, and yetavoid those acuteangles which are such awkward, inconvenient,and unsightly features in our modern towns. A short way from the Rhine is Heidelberg, on the banks of the Keeker, with its celebrated castle in a magnificent situation. The Otto Heinrichs buildings are among the earliest 211 GERMANYRenai-ssance works in Germany, It may, liowe\-er, be dciubted whether they are quiteworthy of the bestowed upon them,thiiugh there is a )) charm about thewhole place, which may well account for the un-bounded admiration which it so frequently Germany, Pakt I. (the Rhinelamo : i;\imi i !?-. To return to the Rliine, on its western liankwe shall find the ancient city of Speier or Si) cathedral, 1030-1061 (but completed inthe twelfth century), is a masterpiece of theearly Romanesque style, plain but exceedinglydignified and erected on a vast scale, 474 feet212 GERMANY long and 90 feet to the ViUiltiuf,. It is thelargest pure Romanesque c-hurch in Eurojie, and,according to De Lassaulx, the second largestcluirch iu Germany. Eight emperors are huriedin the crypt beliind the high altar. Spires atpresent belongs to Bavaria. Strasburg is a giand oUl city, with picturesqueancient streets and lofty churches. The superbcathedral is the most elaborate building erectediu Germany during tlie Middle Ages; and it ismost instructive to compare it with that ofSpires, as they are tairly close together, andnearly the same size. The cath
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