During a day trip to Oberwesel from Bacharach, I noticed this gate ... All these medieval towns had rampart wall around them for fortification, with such gates as this for passage ... a silent reminder of those turbulent times of constant threat, warfare & uncertainty!
During a day trip to Oberwesel from Bacharach, I noticed this gate ... All these medieval towns had rampart wall around them for fortification, with such gates as this for passage ... a silent reminder of those turbulent times of constant threat, warfare & uncertainty!