Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque.

Visit the Dom square and you have all 4 architectural styles around you. The Dom cathedral finished in the 13th century has both Romanesque and Gothic towers, the Old Court House and palace next door is Renaissance, and on the final side of the square the Neu Residenz with its 4 wings and rose garden, is Baroque.  The fact that 95% of Bamberg was not bombed during the war (like Marburg it was not strategically important) makes it a pleasure to wander around, criss crossing over the river Regnitz which has 2 arms like Braunschweig surrounding the old city, and links by canal to the Danube. Former fishermens cottages line the river bank just above the level of the fast flowing Regnitz and the old Town Hall (both Renaissance and rococo in style) is built on an island in the middle of the river connecting the town with the ecclastiac. Bamberg is a Unesco site because it is such a well preserved medieval city.

St Michaels

Palace