Presiding over Old Town is the Imperial Castle of Nuremberg, which was built in the mid-12th century, although the site's origins go back several centuries before that.

02/13/2017 February 13, 2017. Rising above the center of Nuremberg is its castle and a landmark of this Bavarian city. It is seen as one of the most important medieval Imperial Castles in Europe.

The Imperial Castle and the original city wall are among the highlights. With sites dating back to the 11th century, Nuremberg offers plenty for history enthusiasts.

Nuremberg was one of Europe’s leading cities around 1500. Its large Imperial Castle marked it as a stronghold of the Holy Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages, Holy Roman emperors stayed here when ...

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The castle of the book’s title was situated in the small town of Stein, a few kilometres south-west of Nuremberg, and from August 1945 was transformed into a huge makeshift press camp.