Kaiserburg

Introduction

The Kaiserburg (Imperial Castle) is Nuremberg's most important landmark. This magnificent fortress atop the northern hill of the old town witnessed Nuremberg's glory as a key city of the Holy Roman Empire, looking down over the red-roofed medieval old town, the city's most historic sight. The Kaiserburg's history reaches back to the Middle Ages; it was one of the most important imperial residences of the Holy Roman Empire, in the Middle Ages nearly every Holy Roman Emperor visited or resided here, making Nuremberg for a time one of the empire's de facto central cities, of eminent status. Built along the hillside in layers, the castle is vast and imposing, comprising the imperial quarters, chapel, deep well, towers, walls and courtyards, blending Romanesque and other styles, ancient and sturdy. Visitors can tour the imperial quarters and halls (learning imperial history), the ancient two-level chapel, and a deep old well said to be dozens of meters deep (with lively water-drawing demonstrations); climbing the famous Sinwell Tower (round tower) reveals a superb panorama of the red-roofed medieval old town, church spires, walls and the whole city. The castle hill and surroundings are also a great spot to photograph Nuremberg's old town. Visiting Nuremberg's Kaiserburg, which witnessed imperial glory, and taking in the medieval old-town panorama, is the city's not-to-be-missed number-one sight.

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